Crazy Clown Time
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| Studio album by David Lynch | ||||
| Released | November 7, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, experimental, electronica, trip hop | |||
| Length | 68:50 | |||
| Label | Play It Again Sam | |||
| Producer | Dean Hurley | |||
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Crazy Clown Time is the debut solo studio album by the American film director David Lynch, released on November 7, 2011 on Play It Again Sam.
Contents
Description
Crazy Clown Time is the first solo album by Lynch. Two songs, "Good Day Today" and "I Know", were released in November 2010.[1] The album contains music that evolved from "home-studio jam sessions and sporadic experiments" which Lynch says he will not attempt to recreate in a live setting.[2][3]
The album features the voice of David Lynch and guest vocals by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, over "reverb-soaked guitar twangs" and "electronic washes".[4][3]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 62/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [6] |
| Slant Magazine | [7] |
| Pitchfork | (6.1/10)[8] |
| Vice | Best Album of the Month (November 2011)[9] |
The album received mixed to positive reviews. Metacritic assigned it an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 32 reviews.[5] A BBC music critic writes that the album "hangs together" and "transfers something of Lynch's uncanny cinema to the musical medium" but it is "not without its duff tracks" in particular, the song "Strange and Unproductive Thinking", which includes lyrics about Transcendental Meditation read through a vocoder machine.[4] Another music critic described it as "unsettling, brilliant, beautiful, everyday, avant-garde vision" that is "close to Electro-Pop" and yet "unlike any Electro-Pop".[1] A critic at Time Entertainment commented: "though it won't make you think that he's a musician first and a filmmaker second... this disc is at least worth picking up" despite its "bluesy weirdness".[10] Other critics have referred to the recording as "untranscendental, unmeditative", "transfixingly odd", and "the white man's blues" with a "sameness to the musical bed and feeling" on a lot of the musical tracks.[11]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by David Lynch.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Pinky's Dream" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Good Day Today" | 4:39 |
| 3. | "So Glad" | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Noah's Ark" | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Football Game" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "I Know" | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Strange and Unproductive Thinking" | 7:29 |
| 8. | "The Night Bell with Lightning" | 4:59 |
| 9. | "Stone's Gone Up" | 5:21 |
| 10. | "Crazy Clown Time" | 7:00 |
| 11. | "These Are My Friends" | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Speed Roadster" | 3:55 |
| 13. | "Movin' On" | 4:14 |
| 14. | "She Rise Up" | 5:16 |
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Total length:
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68:50 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 15. | "Sparkle Lounge Blues" | 3:49 |
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Total length:
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72:39 | |
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Crazy Clown Time's liner notes.[13]
- Performers
- David Lynch – vocals (2–7, 9–14), guitar (1, 3, 5–13), synthesizer (6), percussion (7), omnichord (13)
- Dean Hurley – guitar (1, 3, 6–9, 13, 14), bass (6, 8, 9, 11–13), drums (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10–13), synthesizer (2, 9, 14), organ (6), programming (2, 4, 9, 14)
- Karen O – vocals (1)
- Production
- Design
- David Lynch – art direction, artwork
- Chris Bigg – design
- Vaughan Oliver – design
Chart positions
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[14] | 68 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)[15] | 5 |
| French SNEP Albums Chart[16] | 96 |
| Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart[17] | 96 |
| US Billboard Heatseekers Albums[18] | 3 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums[18] | 50 |
External links
- Review in the New York Times
- Review by National Public Radio
- Review in The Vine
- Review in The National
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shaw, Andrew (November 8 2011) MUSIC REVIEW: DAVID LYNCH - 'CRAZY CLOWN TIME' Buzzine
- ↑ deFore, John (November 8 2011) "To Lynch’s long, weird résumé, add a rock recording" The Bulletin
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- ↑ Kivel, Adam (November 8 2011) David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time Is Just as Creepy As You Thought It Would Be Time Entertainment
- ↑ Willman, Chris (November 9 2011) "David Lynch Makes Untranscendental Unmeditative, Transfixingly Odd Solo Album" The Wrap
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