(MANKIND) THE CRAFTY APE

Crippled Black Phoenix

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Psychedelic/Space Rock

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3.92 | 237 ratings | 1 reviews | 31% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2012

Songs / Tracks Listing

Disc 1 (52:04)
- Chapter I - A Thread :
1. Nothing (We Are) (1:24)
2. The Heart of Every Country (10:04)
3. Get Down and Live with It (7:11)
4. (In the Yonder Marsh) (4:11)
5. A Letter Concerning Dogheads (6:24)
6. The Brain / Poznan (7:37)
- Chapter II - The Trap :
7. Laying Traps (4:45)
8. Born in a Hurricane (3:31)
9. Release the Clowns (5:22)
10. (What) (1:35)

Disc 2 (34:02)
- Chapter III - The Blues of Man :
11. A Suggestion (Not a Very Nice One) (5:54)
12. (Dig, Bury, Deny) (2:08)
13. Operation Mincemeat (6:58)
14. We Will Never Get Out of This World Alive (4:12)
15. Faced with Complete Failure, Utter Defiance Is the Only Response (14:50)

Total Time 86:06

Line-up / Musicians

- Joe Volk / vocals (2,3,5-9,11,13)
- Justin Greaves / guitar, EBow, bass (1,3,15), drums, saw (2,12), electronics (6,15), percussion (7,10,12), synth (14), Hammond (15)
- Karl Demata / acoustic (2), electric (3,5-8,11), baritone (7) & slide (9,13,15) guitars, dobro (10,12), mandolin (10)
- Mark Furnevall / organ (1), Hammond (2,5-7,11,13), synth (6,9,12,14,15), Rhodes (11)
- Christian Heilmann / bass (2,5-9,11,13,15)

With:
- Paul Eros / horns (1,3,8,13)
- Daisy Chapman / piano (2,3,5-7,13-15), vocals (3,9)
- Mark Ophidian / Mellotron (2,15), synth (2,4,5,15), sampler (2), electronics (4,15), vocoder (15)
- Belinda Kordic / vocals (2,13)
- Sally Wragg / violin (3,13), viola (3,12,13,15)
- David Norman / drums (7-9,13)
- Paul Booker / double bass (10)

Releases information

Artwork: Matthew Dunn

2LP Cool Green Recordings ‎- CGR 7360 1 (2012, UK)

2CD Cool Green Recordings ‎- CGR 7360 2 (2012, UK)

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CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX (Mankind) The Crafty Ape ratings distribution

3.92
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(31%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(38%)
Good, but non-essential (24%)
Collectors/fans only (5%)
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4 stars Having liked the last two offerings from CBP I was looking forward to dipping in to this one. I wasn't expected to be swamped and submerged by a swathe of Gilmour like guitars and spacey drawn out epics that have been offered up. This is great stuff! The rhythm section pounds away and keeps so ... (read more)

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