The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton

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The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton - The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton
Released1985
RecordedAugust–October 1984
Length19:33
LabelWidowspeak[1]
Lydia Lunch chronology
In Limbo
(1984) 		The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
(1985) 		Hysterie
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[2]

The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton an album by Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton.[3] It was released in 1985 through Widowspeak. It is the soundtrack to the Richard Kern film The Right Side of My Brain.[4]

Content[]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "consists of eerie instrumentals orchestrated with piano, honking bass clarinet [...] and guitars that sound like they're being played with ice picks and hedge clippers."[4]

Reception[]

Trouser Press described it as "something rather different for Lunch, and less like background music than most soundtracks."[4] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "an eerie and twisted instrumental tribute to film noir."[5]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Lucy Hamilton and Lydia Lunch.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Emerald Pale Has Disappeared"5:20
2."The Drowning"1:47
3."How Men Die in Their Sleep"2:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Lucy's Lost Her Head Again"3:24
2."3:20 Thursday Morning"3:35
3."A Quiet Night of Murder in Greenwich, CT"3:02

Personnel[]

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 371.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 233.
  3. ^ Neal, Charles (November 11, 2001). Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9780946719020 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. November 11, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.

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