Thinking of Empire

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Thinking of Empire
Slovenly - Thinking of Empire.jpg
Studio album by
Slovenly
Released1986
RecordedApril 1986 at Music Lab, Silver Lake, California
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length39:52
Label SST (067)
Producer Slovenly, Spot
Slovenly chronology
After the Original Style
(1984)		Thinking of Empire
(1986)		 Riposte
(1987)
Professional ratings
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Thinking of Empire is the second album by Slovenly, released on 1986 through SST Records. [2]

Slovenly were an American post-punk band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1981. After the group disbanded, Tom Watson joined Red Krayola for their self-titled album and has continued to record with them.

SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was formed in 1966 by Ginn at age 12 as Solid State Tuners, a small business through which he sold electronics equipment. Ginn repurposed the company as a record label to release material by his band Black Flag.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Slovenly.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Movement"3:02
2."Give Him a Sip 'Cause His Mind's Messed Up"2:09
3."Sand"3:33
4."Distended"2:58
5."Diminished Ideal"3:36
6."This Is the Big Tree"3:01
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Cartwheels of Glory"2:58
2."At Sea"4:18
3."Inattention"3:51
4."Interruptions"3:15
5."On the Beach"3:45
6."Bleached"3:26

Personnel

Slovenly
Singing Act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Bass clarinet musical instrument

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B♭ clarinet, it is usually pitched in B♭, but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably C and A, also exist, but are very rare. Bass clarinets regularly perform in orchestras, wind ensembles/concert bands, occasionally in marching bands, and play an occasional solo role in contemporary music and jazz in particular.

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References

  1. ↑ Foster, Patrick. "Thinking of Empire". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Slovenly". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 22, 2013.
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