Spanish Dance Troupe

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Spanish Dance Troupe
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Studio album by
Released4 October 1999
RecordedSeptember 1998-May 1999
Genre Indie rock, psychedelic folk
Length37:20
Label Mantra
Producer Gorwel Owen, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci chronology
Gorky 5
(1998)
Spanish Dance Troupe
(1999)
The Blue Trees
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Alternative Press 4/5 [2]
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NME 8/10 [4]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [5]
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Spanish Dance Troupe is the sixth album by Welsh psychedelic folk band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, released on 4 October 1999. The album was recorded at Stiwdio Ofn in Llanfaelog, Anglesey and mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road Studios. The album was the last to feature founder member John Lawrence, who had departed the band by the time the album was released.

Contents

The title track was covered by Of Montreal and appeared as a bonus track on their 2004 album Satanic Panic in the Attic.

Track listing

All songs by Euros Childs unless otherwise stated.

  1. "Hallway"
  2. "Poodle Rockin'"
  3. "She Lives on a Mountain"
  4. "Drws" (James)
  5. "Over & Out" (E. Childs, James)
  6. "Don't You Worry" (M. Childs)
  7. "Faraway Eyes" (E. Childs, James)
  8. "The Fool" (James)
  9. "Hair Like Monkey Teeth Like Dog"
  10. "Spanish Dance Troupe"
  11. "Desolation Blues"
  12. "Murder Ballad"
  13. "Freckles"
  14. "Christmas Eve"
  15. "The Humming Song"

Personnel

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