| Telegraph Melts | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Unknown | |||
| Genre | no wave, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 43:36 | |||
| Label | Corwood Industries | |||
| Producer | Corwood Industries | |||
| Jandek chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Sound Choice #6 | (favorable) [1] |
| Away From The Pulsebeat, Winter 1987 | (favorable) [2] |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
Telegraph Melts is the twelfth album and first release of 1986 by musician Jandek. It was released as Corwood Industries #0750.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You" | 1:38 |
| 2. | "On the Planes" | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Go to Bed" | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Ace of Diamonds" | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Twenty Four" | 4:55 |
| 6. | "No Slow Ones" | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Telegraph Melts" | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Governor Rhodes" | 5:06 |
| 9. | "Star Up in the Sky" | 3:34 |
| 10. | "You Painted Your Teeth" | 3:04 |
| 11. | "Mother's Day Card" | 1:37 |
| 12. | "The Fly" | 3:17 |
| 13. | "House Up On the Hill" | 2:22 |
| Total length: | 43:36 | |
Jandek is the musical project of Corwood Industries, a record label operating out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek/Corwood Industries has independently released over 100 albums/DVDs of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical information. Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek's music is unique, but the lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of East Texas. The name "Jandek" is intended to refer specifically to the musical project and not an individual.
Later On is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Jandek, and the second released by Corwood Industries (#0741) in 1981. It was reissued on CD in 2000.
Nine-Thirty is the tenth album by Jandek, one of two released in 1985, and was released as Corwood 0748. It was reissued on CD in 2001.
Modern Dances is the fourteenth album by Jandek, released as Corwood #0752. It is the first of two releases from 1987, and marks the end of the original "garage" band.
Blue Corpse is the fifteenth album by Jandek, and his second for 1987. Primarily an all acoustic album with an unknown accompanist, it is considered by many to be one of the more accessible and cohesive albums in Jandek's oeuvre.
You Walk Alone is the sixteenth album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 1988. It is Corwood Industries (#0754), and is the first album by the "blues rock" band that followed the apparent meltdown of the original "garage rock" band.
On the Way is the seventeenth album by Jandek, released in 1988 as Corwood 0755. It was reissued on CD in 2002.
The Living End is the eighteenth album by outsider musician Jandek and the only release of (1989). Corwood Industries #0756 continues the bluesy band sound of the prior two albums, but adds a new, thinner-voiced female vocalist to the mix.
One Foot in the North is the twentieth album by Jandek, released in 1991. It is Corwood Industries release #0758, and features voice and electric guitar for about half the album before drums and a second, more "polished" lead guitar joined along.
Graven Image is the 23rd album by Jandek, released in (1994) as Corwood Industries release #0761. Although a vinyl test pressing was created, it was the first Corwood product to be issued on CD, and was remastered and re-issued in 2004.
Glad to Get Away is the twenty-fourth album by Jandek, and was released (1994) as Corwood Industries #0762. It continues the acoustic sound of the prior two albums.
New Town is the twenty-seventh studio album by the folk band Jandek. It was released in 1998 on Corwood Industries. The album consists of Jandek's vocals and mostly guitar instrumentation.
The Beginning is the twenty-eighth album by Jandek. It was released in 1999, and was given Corwood Industries release number 0766. It is considered the final album of Jandek's "second acoustic phase".
Put My Dream on This Planet is the twenty-ninth album by Jandek, and his only new release of 2000. The first of three consecutive a capella albums, it is Corwood Industries #0767.
This Narrow Road is the thirtieth album by Jandek, and the first of two new discs released in 2001. It is also the second of three spoken word releases and is Corwood #0768.
Worthless Recluse is the thirty-first Jandek album and the second album released in (2001). Released as Corwood #0769, it is the third spoken word album and the last to date.
I Threw You Away is the 32nd album by Jandek, and one of two released in 2002. Corwood Industries release #0770. The album features voice, acoustic guitar and, on two songs, harmonica.
The Humility of Pain is the 33rd album by Jandek, and the second of two released in 2002. It is Corwood Industries release #0771, and continues the themes and styles of the previous album.
The Gone Wait is the 35th album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 2003 It is Corwood Industries release #0773, and is the first release to feature the artist accompanying himself on fretless electric bass, rather than on his usual acoustic or electric guitar. The album's title was also the name of a song on Jandek's 1993 release Twelfth Apostle
The Place is the 34th album by Jandek, and the first of two released in 2003. Released as Corwood Industries, #0772, the album continues the style and story-line of the two that preceded it.
