Music

Broadcasting From Home 1984

classical, electronic, folk, instrumental 48 min 12 tracks Editions EG

Broadcasting from Home is the third studio album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, released in 1984 on E.G. Records. The opening song was named after PCO leader Simon Jeffes found a discarded harmonium in an alleyway in Japan.

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Character

Spare, character-led, grave and intimate.

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character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks

1Music for a Found Harmonium3:40
2Prelude & Yodel3:50
3More Milk3:11
4Sheep Dip4:00
5White Mischief5:50
6In the Back of a Taxi3:22
7Music by Numbers4:42
8Another One From the Colonies3:07
9Air4:20
10Heartwind4:13
11Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)4:31
12Now Nothing2:58

12 tracks, 48 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Label: Editions EG
Released: 1984
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: GB

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