Winter Songs (Art Bears album)

Winter Songs
Studio album by
Art Bears
Released1979 (1979)
RecordedNovember–December 1978
StudioSunrise Studios, Kirchberg, Switzerland
GenreAvant-rock, post-punk
Length38:07
LabelRecommended (UK)
ProducerArt Bears
Etienne Conod
Art Bears chronology
Hopes and Fears
(1978) 		Winter Songs
(1979) 		The World as It Is Today
(1981)
Singles from Winter Songs
  1. "Rats & Monkeys" b/w "Collapse"
    Released: 1979, Ralph Records
Alternative cover
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

Winter Songs is the second album by the English avant-rock group Art Bears.[3] It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland between 22 November and 5 December 1978, and was released in 1979. It was Art Bears' first album to be recorded on their own, the bulk of their first album, Hopes and Fears (1978) having been recorded as Henry Cow. It was released by Ralph Records in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Mills, Ted. "Winter Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: A". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 12 September 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "News from Ralph's". Fort Lauderdale News. 1 June 1979. p. 16.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Michael (1 July 1979). "It's Weird, It's Bizarre, But Is It Music?". San Francisco Examiner. p. 34.