- rock, jazz
- 36 min
- 7 tracks
- Broadcast
Western Culture is a studio album by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Sunrise Studios in Kirchberg, Switzerland in January and July–August 1978. It was their last album and was released on Henry Cow's own private label, Broadcast, in September 1979. Later editions appeared on Interzone in the US and Celluloid in France. Only the UK Broadcast pressing used the custom label artwork design.
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Grave, spare, character-led and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1History & Prospects: Industry6:58
- A2History & Prospects: The Decay of Cities6:55
- A3History & Prospects: On the Raft4:01
- B1Day by Day: Falling Away7:38
- B2Day by Day: Gretel's Tale3:58
- B3Day by Day: Look Back1:19
- B4Day by Day: ½ the Sky5:14
7 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Henry Cow
- Label
- Broadcast
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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