The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton

1985 soundtrack album by Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton
The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
Soundtrack album by
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton
Released1985
RecordedAugust–October 1984
Length19:33
LabelWidowspeak[1]
Lydia Lunch chronology
In Limbo
(1984)
The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
(1985)
Hysterie
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[2]

The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton an album by Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton.[3] It was released in 1985 through Widowspeak. It is the soundtrack to the Richard Kern film The Right Side of My Brain.[4]

Content

Trouser Press wrote that the album "consists of eerie instrumentals orchestrated with piano, honking bass clarinet [...] and guitars that sound like they're being played with ice picks and hedge clippers."[4]

Reception

Trouser Press described it as "something rather different for Lunch, and less like background music than most soundtracks."[4] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "an eerie and twisted instrumental tribute to film noir."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lucy Hamilton and Lydia Lunch

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Emerald Pale Has Disappeared"5:20
2."The Drowning"1:47
3."How Men Die in Their Sleep"2:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Lucy's Lost Her Head Again"3:24
2."3:20 Thursday Morning"3:35
3."A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT"3:02

Personnel

Musicians
  • Lucy Hamilton – guitar, bass clarinet
  • Lydia Lunch – guitar, piano
Production and additional personnel
  • Steve McAllister – engineering
  • Roli Mosimann – engineering
  • Marcia Resnick – photography
  • Patrick Roques – design
  • J.G. Thirlwell – engineering

References

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 371.
  2. ^ Press, Joy (1995). "Lydia Lunch". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 232–234. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  3. ^ Neal, Charles (November 11, 2001). Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9780946719020 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 11, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.

External links

  • The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton at Discogs (list of releases)
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