The Mill Pond
The Mill Pond | ||||
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EP by John Fahey | ||||
Released | April 1997 | |||
Genre | Experimental, avant-garde | |||
Label | Little Brother Records | |||
Producer | Scott Colburn | |||
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The Mill Pond is a double-EP album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1997. The release is a notable entry in Fahey's discography in that it features experimental music in the noise and drone styles.
History
The Mill Pond was originally released as a double 7" vinyl record. Only 1000 were made and it immediately went out of print. It was reissued on CD by Important Records in 2007. The reissue included a collection of 32 of Fahey's paintings in a cardboard folio.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Dusted Magazine | (not rated) [2] |
Stewart Mason states in his Allmusic review: "... a frustratingly inconsistent minor work that's primarily of interest to hardcore John Fahey fans and students of the 1990s noise rock underground."[1] Dusted Magazine critic Bill Meyer wrote "No matter how you look at it, The Mill Pond is not a peak of John Fahey’s career... the music amongst the strangest and, in places, ugliest of his career."[2]
Track listing
All songs by John Fahey.
- "Ghosts" – 5:47
- "Garbage" – 10:40
- "You Can't Cool Off in the Mill Pond, You Can Only Die – 3:37
- "The Mill Pond Drowns Hope" – 7:05
References
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "The Mill Pond > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Meyer, Bill (December 2008). "Review: The Mill Pond". Dusted Magazine.
External links
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