The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton

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The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
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Soundtrack album by
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton
Released1985
RecordedAugust–October 1984
Length19:33
Label Widowspeak [1]
Lydia Lunch chronology
In Limbo
(1984)		The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
(1985)		 Hysterie
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Spin Alternative Record Guide 6/10 [2]

The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton an album by Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton. [3] It was released in 1985 through Widowspeak. It is the soundtrack to the Richard Kern film The Right Side of My Brain. [4]

Contents

Content

Trouser Press wrote that the album "consists of eerie instrumentals orchestrated with piano, honking bass clarinet [...] and guitars that sound like they're being played with ice picks and hedge clippers." [4]

Reception

Trouser Press described it as "something rather different for Lunch, and less like background music than most soundtracks." [4] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "an eerie and twisted instrumental tribute to film noir." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lucy Hamilton and Lydia Lunch

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Emerald Pale Has Disappeared"5:20
2."The Drowning"1:47
3."How Men Die in Their Sleep"2:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Lucy's Lost Her Head Again"3:24
2."3:20 Thursday Morning"3:35
3."A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT"3:02

Personnel

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 371.
  2. ↑ Press, Joy (1995). "Lydia Lunch". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 232–234. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  3. ↑ Neal, Charles (November 11, 2001). Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN   9780946719020 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 3 Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 11, 2003. ISBN   9781858284576 – via Google Books.
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