- baroque pop, experimental, folk rock, pop
- 33 min
- 12 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Song Cycle is the debut album by the American recording artist Van Dyke Parks, released in November 1967 by Warner Bros. Records. Named after the 19th-century classical format, it is an autobiographical concept album centered on Hollywood and southern California in an orchestral pop style, combining elements of Tin Pan Alley songwriting, bluegrass, ragtime, and musique concrète.
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- sparerichly built
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- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Vine Street3:40
- A2Palm Desert3:11
- A3Widow's Walk3:13
- A4Laurel Canyon Blvd.0:30
- A5All Golden3:46
- A6Van Dyke Parks0:58
- B1Public Domain2:34
- B2Donovan's Colours3:41
- B3The Attic2:60
- B4Laurel Canyon Blvd.1:19
- B5By the People5:53
- B6Pot Pourri1:07
12 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Van Dyke Parks
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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