The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton

The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Studio album by Clogs
Released March 2, 2010
Recorded 2007-08
Genre Post-rock, alternative rock, classical
Length 42:17
Label Brassland Records
Clogs chronology
Lantern
(2006)		 The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork(8.2/10)[2]
Metacritic(78/100)[3]
Under the Radar(7/10)[4]
All About Jazz(favorable)[5]

The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton is an album by Clogs, released in March 2010. This is their first non-instrumental album, featuring several guest singers, including Shara Worden, singer and songwriter of the indie rock band My Brightest Diamond, Matt Berninger, lead singer of Clogs' sister band the National and Sufjan Stevens, a prominent indie folk singer/songwriter.[6]

The name of the album is a reference to La Mortella, a private garden on the Italian island of Ischia created by Lady Susana Walton, wife of composer William Walton.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Padma Newsome.

  1. "Cocodrillo" – 1:50
  2. "I Used to Do" – 4:35
  3. "On the Edge" – 4:01
  4. "Red Seas" – 6:13
  5. "The Owl of Love" – 4:11
  6. "Adages of Cleansing" – 5:54
  7. "Last Song" – 3:59
  8. "To Hugo" – 4:27
  9. "Raise the Flag" – 2:47
  10. "We Were Here" – 4:22

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork review
  3. ↑ Metacritic review
  4. ↑ Under the Radar review
  5. ↑ All About Jazz review
  6. ↑ http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/clogs/the-creatures-in-the-garden-of-lady-walton/36197/
  7. ↑ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35828
  8. ↑ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35828
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.