The Country of Blinds | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | December 1985 to January 1986 | |||
Studio | Kirchberg, Switzerland | |||
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Length | 39:25 | |||
Label | Rift (US) | |||
Producer | Tim Hodgkinson | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Country of Blinds is a studio album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew, recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland, December 1985 and January 1986. It was their second and final album and was released in 1986.
Skeleton Crew had become the trio of Fred Frith, Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins when this album was made. The music here is richer, more rhythmic and fuller-sounding and the songs more developed than on their first album; this ultimately led to the band's break-up. Frith explained that "we actually started to sound like a normal rock and roll band so it seemed kind of pointless to go on at that point."[2]