Who Tore Your Trousers?

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共15首歌曲

艺人: Ivor Cutler
语种: 英语
厂牌: DECCA
发行时间: 1961年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Stewart Mason Ivor Cutler's first full-length album, following the EPs Ivor Cutler...Of Y'Hup (1959) and Get Away From the Wall! (1960), 1961's Who Tore Your Trousers? is rather startling at first glance for those more familiar with Cutler's later material. For one thing, the positively youthful visage of the then-38-year-old Cutler is a bit of a shock in comparison to the photos of the wizened elderly man that grace albums like Jammy Smears and Privilege . The bizarre hat or wig or who-knows-what perched on top of his head, which looks like a banana peel made out of broom straw, also seems rather like a misguided effort at wackiness, as does the unexplained "O.M.P." honorific that follows Cutler's name on both the front and back cover. Listen to the album itself, however, and it immediately becomes clear that while this is early Cutler, it's as fun and fascinating as his better-known later work. All of Who Tore Your Trousers? features Cutler by himself, singing surreal and satiric songs like "A Tooth Song" and the keening "Do You Ever Feel Lonely" in his trademark dolorous baritone, his droll Scottish burr adding an extra spin to his words as he accompanies himself on a droning, minor-key harmonium. The 15 tracks lean more toward songs than recitations, although the handful of poems and short stories are among Cutler's funniest and daffiest. The howlingly funny "A Warning to the Flies" is a particular delight.