Half-Mute

Half-Mute
Studio album by Tuxedomoon
Released March 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)
Recorded December 1979 (1979-12)
Studio Audios Amigos Studios
(San Francisco, CA)
Genre Post-punk, experimental rock
Length 40:04
Label Ralph
Producer Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Scream with a View
(1979)
Half Mute
(1980)
Desire
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Half Mute is the debut studio album of Tuxedomoon, released on March 15, 1980 by Ralph Records.[2] It was their first long-form record, after two EPs, 1978's No Tears and 1979's Scream with a View.[3] The album was issued on CD in 1985 by Cramboy, bundled together with Scream with a View. Cover art is by Patrick Roques.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert and Blaine L. Reininger. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Nazca"   3:07
2. "59 to 1"   3:58
3. "Fifth Column"   2:55
4. "Tritone (Musica Diablo)"   2:50
5. "Loneliness"   2:56
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "James Whale"   2:42
2. "What Use?"   4:01
3. "Volo Vivace"   2:48
4. "7 Years"   3:08
5. "KM/Seeding the Clouds"   11:39

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 10

Personnel

Adapted from the Half-Mute liner notes.[5]

Tuxedomoon

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1980 Ralph LP TX8004
France Celluloid 529806
Netherlands 1985 Cramboy CBoy 1010
CD CBoy 1040
United States 1988 Ralph 80042
Netherlands 2016 Cramboy CBoy 1011

References

  1. Mills, Ted. "Tuxedomoon: Half-Mute > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. Gimarc, George (July 11, 2005). Punk Diary. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 306. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David (2007). "Tuxedomoon". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  5. Half-Mute (sleeve). Tuxedomoon. San Francisco, California: Ralph Records. 1980.

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