Half-Mute

Half-Mute
Studio album by
Tuxedomoon
ReleasedMarch 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)
RecordedDecember 1979
StudioAudios Amigos (San Francisco, California)
GenrePost-punk, experimental rock
Length40:04
LabelRalph
ProducerTuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Scream with a View
(1979) 		Half-Mute
(1980) 		Desire
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Collector[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Half-Mute is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released on March 15, 1980, by Ralph Records.[4] It was their first long-form record, after two EPs, 1978's No Tears and 1979's Scream with a View.[5] Half-Mute was reissued on CD in 1985 by Cramboy, bundled together with Scream with a View. The album's cover art is by Patrick Roques.

  1. ^ Mills, Ted. "Half-Mute – Tuxedomoon". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Shirley, Ian (June 2016). "Tuxedomoon – Half-Mute/Give Me New Noise". Record Collector. No. 454. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Lowy, Kenn (1983). "Tuxedomoon". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (2nd ed.). Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 520. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  4. ^ Gimarc, George (2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970–1982. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 306. ISBN 9780879308483. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David. "Tuxedomoon". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 26, 2016.