Laughing All the While

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Laughing All the While
Album cover for Echo Orbiter's album titled Laughing All The While.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2000 (2000-03-27)
Recorded2000
Genre Indie
Length47:17
Label Looking Glass Workshop
Producer Brian McTear, Kurt Heasley, Echo Orbiter
Echo Orbiter chronology
A Moment in Life That's Right
(1998)
Laughing All the While
(2000)
On a Deranged Holiday
(2001)

Laughing All the While is the second studio album by Echo Orbiter. It was released on Looking Glass Workshop in 2000. [1] Receiving positive reviews, the album has been described as chaotic and orchestral brand of pop reflecting the band's growing creative confidence, [2] and "a wondrous, melody-packed celebration of unfettered creativity." [3] The band has described the process and product as L'art pour l'art in the style of Aestheticism and the Decadent Movement. Following a litany of production and logistical difficulties with creating and releasing the album, along with its lyrical themes, the album was viewed as a reflection of the ills of insanity. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Echo Orbiter.

No.TitleLength
1."Aqua's Own Pocketwatch Odyssey"4:24
2."Southern Belle"3:00
3."Silence the Little Sparkle Girl"4:04
4."Song of the Missing Forest"4:44
5."Curious Time Machine"2:30
6."Cooling Down By the Sea"3:27
7."Golden Wash of the Sunset"3:06
8."Melody to Accompany a Stroll Through a Park"4:21
9."Hey Mr. Moonman"4:21
10."Blue Stew, Oh the Witches' Brew"5:21
11."How Nice to See You"3:27
12."She Seldomly Joked"4:32

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