The Garden (Silver Apples album)

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The Garden
Studio album by
Released1998
Recorded1970
GenreExperimental[1]
LabelBully
Producer
  • The Magical Theatre Partnership
  • Barry Bryant
Silver Apples chronology
Contact
(1969)
The Garden
(1998)

The Garden is an album by the American band Silver Apples. The duo began recording it in 1969, but it remained unfinished until 1998.[2] It was released that year on Whirlybird Records.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Brad Reno of Trouser Press called the album "nowhere near as strong as the first two", but "still welcome".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All music composed by Silver Apples with lyrics composed by Simeon, except where indicated.

  1. "I Don't Care What the People Say" – 3:08
  2. "Tabouli Noodle" – 4:18
  3. "Walkin" – 4:07
  4. "Cannonball Noodle" – 5:29
  5. "John Hardy" (Traditional) – 2:22
  6. "Cockroach Noodle" – 2:24
  7. "The Owl" – 3:23
  8. "Swamp Noodle" – 2:58
  9. "Mustang Sally" (Mack Rice) – 3:15
  10. "Anasazi Noodle" – 3:20
  11. "Again" (Traditional) – 2:58
  12. "Starlight Noodle" – 4:39
  13. "Mad Man Blues" – 3:13
  14. "Fire Ant Noodle" – 3:43
Bully Records CD bonus tracks (2006)
  1. "The Lady and the Clown" – 3:02 (Previously Unreleased Soundtrack Material, 1969. Cover of Ennio Morricone's "Guerra E Pace, Pollo E Brace")
  2. "Mad Man Blues (Alternate Version)" – 3:31

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cramer, Stephen. "The Garden – Silver Apples | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2015. The effort it took to release this disc in 1998 is further proof of the duo's continuing experimental tendencies
  2. ^ "The Garden - Silver Apples | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Reno, Brad. "TrouserPress.com :: Silver Apples". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 March 2015.