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Naked Apes and Pond Life | ||||
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Studio album by Shriekback | ||||
Released | 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1995 [1] | |||
Genre | World, electronic rock | |||
Label | Mushroom Records [2] | |||
Producer | Ian Shaw, Markus Dravs | |||
Shriekback chronology | ||||
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Naked Apes and Pond Life is the eighth full-length album by Shriekback. [2] The 2000 release was a surprise resurfacing for the band, after many years of quiet. [4] It gathered many songs performed in intimate appearances in London over the preceding years, recorded in the studio by Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds (last seen on 1985's Oil & Gold ), as well as Simon Edwards and Mark Raudva.
Many of the tracks are instrumentals, but the vocal-driven "Berlin" and Big Night Music -esque "Everything's on Fire" are standouts.[ original research? ]
AllMusic wrote that "much of Naked Apes & Pond Life finds Shriekback playing a sort of twisted world music that resembles the organic/electronic mix of Big Night Music but adds a variety of exotic instruments and percussion." [1]