| Song Cycle | ||||
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| Released | November 1967 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound, Hollywood | |||
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| Length | 32:39 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Lenny Waronker | |||
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Song Cycle is the debut album by the American recording artist Van Dyke Parks. Released in November 1967 by Warner Bros. Records, the album unperformed in sales but was largely acclaimed by critics, and it later became a cult classic. In 2017, Pitchfork ranked it the 93rd greatest album of the 1960s.[5]
With the exception of three cover songs, Song Cycle was written and composed by Parks. The album was produced by Lenny Waronker, a Warner Bros. staff producer. The album draws on a number of forms of American popular music, including bluegrass, ragtime, and show tunes, and frames classical styles in the context of 1960s pop music.[6] The material utilizes unconventional song structures, and lyrically explores American history and culture, reflecting Parks' history working in both the film and music industries of Southern California.
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