Music For A French Elevator And Other Oddities

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Jack Oliver It is, in fact, music. Favorite track: It's Musiiiiic!.

HaraldK I was recommended this album by Spotify's discover weekly, probably because of my love for Penguin Cafe Orchestra (which I also found by DW). "Classy Penguin" seems to me like a funny tribute to Simon Jeffes, a classy penguin if there ever was one. Favorite track: Classy Penguin.

nofatclips 2nd listen: the mere-exposure effect is kicking in. The "much out there" tracks are now very much enjoyable. That Drake cover is still unsurpassed tho'!

1st listen: while some tracks are kind of too much out there to be fully enjoyed by themselves, I love the playful feeling that the record as a whole transmits. Favorite track: Cello Song Feat. Jose Gonzales.

Mister Meows A whole bunch of Books odds 'n ends, as the title says. While some of the samples are probably too odd to enjoy, the majority are charming. I'd love to hear The Books score more movies, given what they did for Biosphere 2. Favorite track: Fralite.

renek(a) The Books are the DADAISTE of Music... just funny and great... Favorite track: Cello Song Feat. Jose Gonzales.

skite I love all of this. Favorite track: Fralite.

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1.	Fralite 01:18	buy track
2.	Egaberte 00:52	buy track
3.	Liternite 01:21	buy track
4.	It's Musiiiiic! 00:29	buy track
5.	The Joy of Nature 00:47	buy track
6.	Meditation Outtakes 01:03	buy track
7.	A Long Villainous Sequence 00:35	buy track
8.	Millions of Millions 02:05	buy track
9.	Of the Word God 01:04	buy track
10.	Ghost Train Digest 02:37	buy track
11.	You'll Never Be Alone 01:25	buy track
12.	'Ah..., I See' 00:21	buy track
13.	Three Day Night 01:02	buy track
14.	Classy Penguin 04:33	buy track
15.	8 Frame 05:46	buy track
16.	Smack My Bishop 00:40	buy track
17.	Biospheric Quiet 01:43	buy track
18.	Happy Lawyers 01:30	buy track
19.	Hericlitus 02:15	buy track
20.	John's Arp 01:41	buy track
21.	Foreign Country and Western 02:48	buy track
22.	Dustbowl 03:40	buy track
23.	Biospheric Doubletime 01:47	buy track
24.	Drowned But Survived 03:14	buy track
25.	Pickup Dark 01:41	buy track
26.	Hermetic 00:53	buy track
27.	Circle of Fifths Loop 00:37	buy track
28.	Past Comes Welling Up 03:02	buy track
29.	Electro Lawyers 01:30	buy track
30.	Mars, OK 02:22	buy track
31.	Biospheric Dark 01:11	buy track
32.	Flythrough 01:52	buy track
33.	Running Down 00:29	buy track
34.	8 Tons of Oxygen 01:05	buy track
35.	10,000 Crows 00:35	buy track
36.	John's Epiphany 02:48	buy track
37.	Lawyer Lullaby 01:57	buy track
38.	Hokie Ranch 01:07	buy track
39.	2over3 Lawyers 01:45	buy track
40.	Glass Glass 01:22	buy track
41.	Biospheric Zither 01:06	buy track
42.	Found Frozen Corndog 02:28	buy track
43.	Cello Song Feat. Jose Gonzales 03:54	buy track
44.	Epilogue 02:31	buy track
45.	Pig 00:23	buy track

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While supplies last, we are offering this very special limited-edition vinyl-only double album, Music For A French Elevator And Other Oddities. Originally available as a part of the hugely acclaimed, super-deluxe A Dot In Time. box set, Music For A French Elevator compiles all of the Books’ non-album tracks into one fittingly surreal package befitting the group who essentially created their own genre (often reluctantly described as “collage-pop”). A total of 45 tracks are here, including standouts and longtime favorites “Classy Penguin,” “8 Frame,” and their sublime Nick Drake cover “Cello Song Feat. Jose Gonzales.” Along with their commissioned pieces for the 1% art and sound installation in the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France, the collection includes the Books’ unreleased film score for the feature-length Biosphere 2 documentary, a stellar collection of counterpoint electroacoustic explorations that emanate the kind of wry charm and wit that became a staple of the Books’ music. Packaged in an impeccably designed die-cut jacket w/ metallic inks, this collection proves that even the Books’ non-album material is worthy of emphatic celebration and adoration.

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