Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom

Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom
Studio album by the Caretaker
Released	1 September 1999 (1999-09-01)
Recorded	1997–1999[1]
Genre	Ambient big band choral dark ambient drone experimental hauntology industrial noise plunderphonics
Length	74:20
Label	V/Vm Test
Producer	Leyland Kirby
The Caretaker chronology
Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom (1999) A Stairway to the Stars (2001)

Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom is the debut studio album by the Caretaker, an alias of musician Leyland Kirby. Released in 1999, it consists of an influence from the horror film The Shining, manipulating songs from the 1920s to resemble the film's music. It differed from Kirby's earlier works in that it did not manipulate pop songs to create noise albums, as he did under the V/Vm alias. It rather slowed down big band records to create a hauntological atmosphere. However, the packaging was the same as other V/Vm releases. The album was met with positivity from music critics, who praised its hauntological themes.