Monster Walks the Winter Lake

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Monster Walks the Winter Lake
David Thomas - Monster Walks the Winter Lake.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1986 (1986-03)
RecordedNovember 18–21, 1985
StudioSuma Recording
(Painesville, OH)
Genre Art rock, experimental rock
Length35:58
Label Twin/Tone
Producer Paul Hamann
David Thomas chronology
More Places Forever
(1985)
Monster Walks the Winter Lake
(1986)
Blame the Messenger
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robert Christgau B [2]

Monster Walks the Winter Lake is the fourth studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by Twin/Tone Records. [3] [4] In 1997, the album was remastered by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by David Thomas.

Side one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude" Daved Hild, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, Garo Yellin 3:07
2."What Happened to Me"David Thomas2:48
3."Monster Walks the Winter Lake"Daved Hild11:15
4."Bicycle"Tony Maimone4:18
5."Coffee Train"Allen Ravenstine2:24
6."My Town"David Thomas3:17
7."Monster Magee, King of the Seas"David Thomas2:15
8."Monster Thinks About the Good Days"Tony Maimone3:39
9."What Happened to Me"David Thomas2:40

Personnel

Adapted from the Monster Walks the Winter Lake liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1986 Twin/Tone CD, LP TTR 8667
United Kingdom Rough Trade LPROUGH 90

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References

  1. Anderson, Rick. "David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "David Thomas". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  3. Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David (2007). "David Thomas". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  4. McKenna, Kristine (March 31, 1986). "David Thomas Stones Rock Rituals". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 3.
  5. Monster Walks the Winter Lake (booklet). David Thomas & The Wooden Birds. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twin/Tone Records. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)