The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton

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The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Clogs Lady Walton 2010.jpg
Studio album by
Clogs
Released2 March 2010
Recorded2007–08
Genre Post-rock, alternative rock, classical
Length42:17
Label Brassland Records
Clogs chronology
Lantern
(2006)		The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork (8.2/10) [2]
Metacritic (78/100) [3]
Under the Radar (7/10) [4]
All About Jazz (4.5/5) [5]

The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton is an album by Clogs, released in March 2010. This is their first non-instrumental album, featuring several guest singers, including Shara Worden, singer and songwriter of the indie rock band My Brightest Diamond, Matt Berninger, lead singer of Clogs' sister band the National and Sufjan Stevens, a prominent indie folk singer/songwriter. [6]

Contents

The name of the album is a reference to La Mortella, a private garden on the Italian island of Ischia created by Lady Susana Walton, wife of composer William Walton. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Padma Newsome.

  1. "Cocodrillo" – 1:50
  2. "I Used to Do" – 4:35
  3. "On the Edge" – 4:01
  4. "Red Seas" – 6:13
  5. "The Owl of Love" – 4:11
  6. "Adages of Cleansing" – 5:54
  7. "Last Song" – 3:59
  8. "To Hugo" – 4:27
  9. "Raise the Flag" – 2:47
  10. "We Were Here" – 4:22

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Raposa, David (3 March 2010). "The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton / Veil Waltz EP | Clogs". Pitchfork.
  3. ↑ "The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Scott, Jim (1 March 2010). "Clogs | The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton | Brassland". Under the Radar. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Kelman, John (18 March 2010). "Clogs: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Park, Dave (14 January 2010). "Album review | Clogs | The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton". Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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