- psychedelic rock
- 38 min
- 7 tracks
- ATCO Records
Babylon is the second album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. In his autobiography, Under A Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John describes the origins of the album in detail:"Our second album was cut in late 1968—the year of the Tet offensive, and of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Character
Character-led, grave and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Babylon5:25
- A2Glowin'5:40
- A3Black Widow Spider5:01
- A4Barefoot Lady3:10
- B1Twilight Zone8:16
- B2The Patriotic Flag-waver4:53
- B3The Lonesome Guitar Strangler5:34
7 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- ATCO Records
- Released
- January 17, 1969
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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