- art rock
- 38 min
- 11 tracks
- Rough Trade
The Sound of the Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian is the debut studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas. Originally released on October 30, 1981, by Rough Trade Records, the album was remastered in 1997 by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.
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Character-led, cool, prestige and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- A1The Birds Are a Good Idea1:58
- A2Yiki Tiki2:16
- A3Crickets in the Flats4:58
- A4Sound of the Sand3:27
- A5The New Atom Mine5:14
- B1Big Dreams2:21
- B2Happy to See You3:32
- B3Crush This Horn, Part Two1:49
- B4Confuse Did2:32
- B5Sloop John B5:09
- B6Man's Best Friend4:28
11 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Rough Trade
- Released
- 1981-10
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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