| The Museum of Imaginary Animals | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Dream pop, Avant-garde | |||
| Length | 45:01 | |||
| Label | Domino Records [1] Merge Records [2] | |||
| Producer | Pram [3] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Birmingham Post |  [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Pitchfork Music | 7.7/10 [6] |
The Museum of Imaginary Animals is the fifth album by the English band Pram, released in 2000. [7] [3]
Exclaim! wrote: "It's rare that a band can be this eccentric and daring without sounding contrived or wilfully obscure, but there's an abiding organicism at the heart of Pram that keeps them, well, not exactly grounded, but welcoming." [8] The Washington Post wrote that "Pram isn't as out there as it wants to be, but much of The Museum of Imaginary Animals draws you in." [9] NME deemed the album "fractured and spindly, plundering post-rock and jazz and dub, without really sounding like any of them." [10]
All lyrics are written by Rosie Cuckston; all music is composed by Pram.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Owl Service" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Bewitched" | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Mother of Pearl" | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Narwhal" | 4:05 |
| 5. | "History of Ice" | 4:02 |
| 6. | "The Mermaid's Hotel" | 4:02 |
| 7. | "A Million Bubbles Burst" | 5:38 |
| 8. | "Cat's Cradle" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Picturebox" | 1:29 |
| 10. | "Play of the Waves" | 7:26 |
Pram are a British post-rock band formed in Birmingham, England in 1988 by Rosie Cuckston, Matt Eaton (guitar), Andy Weir (drums), and Samantha Owen (bass). Subsequent lineups have changed frequently, most notably with Cuckston's departure in 2008. Their electronic pop sound, described by AllMusic as "equally quaint and unsettling," employs unconventional instruments and draws on stylistic influences such as krautrock, exotica, and dub.
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