Taste the Wall

Track Listings

1. Taste the Wall

2. Keeny Zuke

3. Smoke

4. Skara Brae

5. Swan

6. Four Lives

7. Road Spiders

8. Aerodynamic

Taste the Wall,Polly Moller,Silver Wheel,Electronic,Polly Moller's debut album unites spoken words, commando flute playing, clattering rhythm sections, and atmospheric backgrounds.,Pop,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows

Taste the Wall

Tracks:

She's Leaving Home
Game
I Love You Samantha
Windmills of Your Mind
After the Goldrush
Life on Mars
Watch Me
Ask Yourself Why
Michelle
Penny Lane
Eleanor Rigby
I'm a Train
Morning Has Broken
Building a Wall
My Colouring Book
Orange Yellow Ochre
Taste of Honey
Strawberry Fields Forever

Album Description

From quintessentially English mid-sixties origins as select choral scholars at King's College, Cambridge the King's Singers are today one of the most influential and enduring vocal groups in the world. Colouring Book features 18 tracks. EL. 2005.

Album Details

The King's Singers were the First to Apply Choral Technique to Popular Material and 'colouring Book' Concentrates on their Unforgettable Arrangements of International Hits of the Sixties and Early Seventies. No Less Than Seven Selections Are Drawn from their Important 1972 George Martin Produced Album Including the Remarkable 'she's Leaving Home'. Their Success with Compositions of Lennon and Mccartney Culminated in One of their Most Popular Titles 'the Beatles Connection' which is Well Represented Here Alongside Songs Written by the Other Giants of Contemporary Pop; Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, David Bowie and Neil Young. To These Diverse Writers, the King's Singers Bring their Beautiful Tone, Balance and Synchronisation with Equally Marvellous Effect.

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Review by Scott from Morrigan Records
Review by Scott from Morrigan Records
Polly Moller: Taste the Wall

Taste the Wall
Polly Moller
Manufacturer: Silver Wheel
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ASIN: B00000IGNB
Release Date: 1999-02-12

Tracks:

Taste the Wall
Keeny Zuke
Smoke
Skara Brae
Swan
Four Lives
Road Spiders
Aerodynamic

Customer Reviews:

Review by Scott from Morrigan Records.......2000-08-03

Polly Moller: Taste the Wall Polly Moller's debut album is probably not something you want to use for party music, unless your gatherings frequently simulate the effects of hallucinogenic drugs. Listening to this album while actually on hallucinogens might in fact be actively dangerous. Polly is a beat poet, gifted flautist, and all-around musical eccentric. Her tunes are marked by monotone poetry, haunting flute lines, some programmed percussion, and assorted electronic squeals, washes, and other effects, which generally contributes to the feeling that you've been bodily transported to an alien world which is trying to make up its mind whether it wants to be benign or malignant. The lyrical themes deal with subjects and sensations as diverse as the feeling of smoking ("Smoke"), breaking down society's barriers to the free spirit ("Taste the Wall"), and a truly disturbing narration of reincarnation centering around a scene at a zoo ("Four Lives"). Definitely music for those who disdain the norm. Scott's picks: "Skara Brae", "Smoke"

Review by Scott from Morrigan Records.......2000-08-03

If you couldn't handle Polly's debut album, you probably shouldn't bother with this one. Polly's soundscapes are as eerie, her playing as amazing (bordering on Hendrixian), and her poetic subjects as obscure. This time around, there are some slight nods at more "commercial" sounds, especially in her cover of Thomas Dolby's classic "One of Our Submarines", which Polly casts, after an unaccompanied vocal verse, in minimalist bass and drum backing with her flute handling the original synth lead lines. Summerland also dives deeper into the Celtic waters which were hinted at on her first album - not musically, but lyrically, with songs about the obscure Irish death god ("Don Dorcha's Revel") and the much-sought-after Deirdre ("Blood Sugar"), as well as a Gaelic tune by Diarmit MacDiarma ("Gaoth Barra ndTonn"). One of the most interesting tunes on the album is the opener "Aurora", which describes the return of the dawn goddess as a jet plane(!). Again, Polly does what only she can - or perhaps is willing to - do.

Scott's picks: "Don Dorcha's Revel", "Pelen Tan"

Polly Moller: Taste the Wall.......1999-11-25

As much as we all joke about the seventies, quite a bit of good came out of the musical industry of that time. Much of the best material from bands such as Genesis and Jethro Tull, came out of that decade. The end of the psychedelic era of rock occurred in the early to mid-seventies, and progressive rock was at an all time high. Though I am not interested in revisiting the seventies, many influences from that decade can be found in today's music.

Contemplative, brooding, and haunting, Polly Moller brings a fresh new approach to psychedelic music. Not entirely inspired by the seventies, Polly amalgamates aspects of ambient/techno, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and alternative rock into an audio rumination for the ears and spirits of ambient and psychedelic rock fans.

A former member of Octagon New Music Ensemble, Polly Moller brings twenty years of classical training and her flute into a deep form of music. Much of her presentation, lyrical and vocal performance styles on her new album, "Taste the Wall," reminds me of the early works of the band Hawkwind. Often esoteric, the English and Gaelic lyrics are mysterious and thought provoking. The listener is left to come to their own conclusions about the music and the theme.

Harsh flute work on tracks like "Road Spiders" and "Keeny Zuke" are reminiscent of Jethro Tull and their use of the flute to alter mood and texture in a variety of ways. The rhythm and percussion is reminiscent of Trent Reznor on a couple of the tracks, though a more ambient, Katherine Blake feel is often the key to this album's mood.

Many tracks, such as "The Swan" and "Aerodynamic" hold together a dynamic yet mild blend similar to the works of Miranda Sex Garden. The dancy overtones are comparable to Siouxsie and the Banshees, while some of the more smooth and syncopated moments sound like some of the synth-melodies on the first Deep Forest album.

Though aspects of her music are comparable to many other styles, Polly Moller does blend all of those styles together to create a musical confection that is unique. Some Miranda Sex Garden fans may find an entertaining thread in her music. I believe that fans of the early seventies works from Hawkwind will find this a bit mild, but quite enthralling. Any of you who like contemplative or psychedelic music ought to check this out.

Daniel Sanford

-freelance Reviewer.

Out of the Blue and off the Wall
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Out of the Blue and off the Wall
Terry Turner
Manufacturer: terry turner
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA88O8
Release Date: 2005-05-17