Luxor (album)

Last updated
Luxor
Luxor-cover-RobynHitchcock.jpg
Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Folk pop
Label Editions PAF!
Robyn Hitchcock chronology
Jewels for Sophia
(1999)
Luxor
(2003)
Spooked
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg link

Luxor is the thirteenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in March 2003 on Hitchcock's own Editions PAF! label.

The album contains thirteen self-composed tracks, including the instrumental title song and several love songs to Hitchcock's partner Michele Noach. One of these, "One L" makes reference to the spelling of her name, whilst "Ant Corridor" was written around one of Noach's off-hand comments. Another instrumental, "The Wolf House", is a guitar-based composition drawing on the repeating figures heard in the coda of "You Remind Me of You". The album features a guest appearance by multi-instrumentalist/producer Jon Brion on the track "You Remind Me of You".

Despite being predominantly an acoustic set, several of these songs are up-tempo, and the album as a whole lacks Hitchcock's usual sense of minute observation.[ citation needed ] It comes packaged with a full colour booklet containing several of Noach's photographic portraits of Hitchcock.

Track listing

  1. "The Sound of Sound"
  2. "One L"
  3. "Penelope's Angles"
  4. "The Idea of You"
  5. "You Remind Me of You"
  6. "Luxor"
  7. "Keep Finding Me"
  8. "Maria Lyn"
  9. "Round Song"
  10. "Ant Corridor"
  11. "Idonia"
  12. "The Wolf House"
  13. "Solpadeine"

Sources

Related Research Articles

Röyksopp Norwegian electronic music duo

Röyksopp are a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø in Troms og Finnmark, formed in 1998. The duo consists of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. Røyksopp is the Norwegian word for the class of mushrooms known as puffballs, but the band's name substitutes ö for the second letter.

Robyn Hitchcock English psychedelic/folk-rock musician, born 1953

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar.

<i>Fegmania!</i> 1985 album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Fegmania! is the fourth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock and his first with his backing band The Egyptians.

<i>I Often Dream of Trains</i> 1984 album by Robyn Hitchcock

I Often Dream of Trains is the third album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1984. It is Hitchcock's first acoustic-based album.

<i>Gotta Let This Hen Out!</i> 1985 live album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Gotta Let This Hen Out! is a live recording of Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians recorded in April 1985, shortly after the group had come together for Fegmania!.

<i>Element of Light</i> 1986 album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Element of Light is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his second with his backing band, the Egyptians. It was released in 1986.

<i>Spooked</i> (album) 2004 album by Robyn Hitchcock

Spooked is the fourteenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock. It was recorded in collaboration with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at Woodlands Studio in Nashville, TN in 2004, and released later that year. The set comprises twelve new recordings, all Hitchcock compositions with the exception of "Tryin' to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door", a cover of a Bob Dylan song.

Anne McCue

Anne McCue is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, music-recording producer, video director, and radio host from Australia, more recently based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

<i>Jewels for Sophia</i> 1999 album by Robyn Hitchcock

Jewels for Sophia is the twelfth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, released on Warner Records in 1999.

<i>Perspex Island</i> 1991 album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Perspex Island is the ninth studio album by English musician Robyn Hitchcock and his fifth with backing band, The Egyptians, released on Go! Discs in 1991.

<i>Moss Elixir</i> 1996 album by Robyn Hitchcock

Moss Elixir is the eleventh studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1996, containing twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic, and released by Warner Music.

<i>Uncorrected Personality Traits</i> 1997 compilation album by Robyn Hitchcock

Uncorrected Personality Traits is a compilation album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1997 on Rhino Records. Following A&M's 1996 Greatest Hits, this compilation was assembled from earlier, pre-A&M recordings, spanning 1981 to 1995 and selected personally by Hitchcock.

<i>Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival</i> 1998 live album by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

Live At The Cambridge Folk Festival is a 1998 album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, containing live recordings from the Cambridge Folk Festival of Hitchcock's back catalogue.

<i>Storefront Hitchcock</i> (soundtrack) 2000 soundtrack album by Robyn Hitchcock

Storefront Hitchcock is the title of a soundtrack album by Robyn Hitchcock, released subsequent to the 1998 film of the same name, which was directed by Jonathan Demme.

<i>A Star for Bram</i> 2000 outtakes album by Robyn Hitchcock

A Star for Bram is an album released by Robyn Hitchcock in 2000, comprising outtakes from his then recent Jewels for Sophia. It was issued on Hitchcock's own Editions PAF! label. The cover art matches its partner album, but is printed in different colours.

<i>Robyn Sings</i> 2002 album of Bob Dylan covers by Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Sings is a double album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 2002. The set is made up entirely of Bob Dylan covers, performed live at various dates.

<i>I Wanna Go Backwards</i> 2007 box set by Robyn Hitchcock

I Wanna Go Backwards is a Robyn Hitchcock box set released in 2007 on Yep Roc Records. The set contains reissues of three of Hitchcock's albums, each with bonus tracks, and also a two-disc rarities set, While Thatcher Mauled Britain. The set consists of five CDs, and was also released as a limited edition of eight vinyl LPs.

<i>Luminous Groove</i> 2008 box set by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians

Luminous Groove is a 2008 compilation box set of the albums Fegmania!, Gotta Let This Hen Out and Element of Light (1986) by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians. The box set was issued on CD and vinyl. The versions included in the CD box set are the extended reissues from YepRoc. The set also includes 2 discs of B-sides and rarities called Bad Case of History.

<i>Respect</i> (Robyn Hitchcock album) 1993 album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Respect is the tenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock and his sixth with backing band, the Egyptians, released on A&M in 1993.

Deni Bonet

Deni Bonet is a US-born singer-songwriter, electric violinist, and multi-instrumentalist. She began her professional career in the house band of National Public Radio’s Mountain Stage radio show. She left to pursue a solo career and also became a prolific session musician. She has toured and recorded with many notable performers including Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan, Richard Barone, and Robyn Hitchcock, and has released several CDs of her own original music.