Eskimo is a Electronic album by The Residents, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 52 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Ambient & Downtempo
- cavernous
- eerie
- occult
About
Eskimo is an album by the Residents. The album was originally supposed to follow 1977's Fingerprince; however, due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979. Upon release it was hailed as the group's best record to date. The pieces on Eskimo feature home-made instruments and chanting against backdrops of wind-like synthesizer noise and miscellaneous sound effects. The work is programmatic, each piece pairing music with text detailing a corresponding pseudo-ethnographic narrative. While Eskimo is officially maintained to be a true historical document of life in the Arctic, the stories are deliberately absurd fictions only .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Walrus Hunt
- A2Birth
- A3Arctic Hysteria
- A4The Angry Angakok
Side B
- B1A Spirit Steals A Child
- B2The Festival Of Death
Credits
Performers
- Chris CutlerDRUMS
- The ResidentsVOCALS
- SnakefingerFEATURING
- Don PrestonSYNTHESIZER
- Fred FrithGUITAR
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 52 pressings tracked on Gatefold