Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy


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Label: Tomlab
Catalog#: tom 37
Format: CD, Album
Country:Germany
Released:13 Apr 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Synth-pop
Credits: Harmonium, Clarinet [Broken], Viola, Vocals, Ukulele [Baritone], Electric Piano [Farfisa], Electric Piano [Kawai], Performer [Gunfire], Violin, Accordion, Guitar, Piano, Written-by, Arranged By, Producer, Mixed By, Mastered By - Patrick Wolf
Mixed By, Mastered By - Kristian Robinson
Notes:Mixed and mastered at Island Row Studios.
Rating: 4.52/5 (21 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   Prelude (1:32)
    Recorder - Leo Chadburn
2   Wolf Song (3:28)
    Double Bass - Prince April
  Recorder - Leo Chadburn
3   Bloodbeat (3:50)
4   To The Lighthouse (4:05)
    Cello - Jo Zeitlin
  Lute - Matt Jones (11)
  Recorder - Leo Chadburn
5   Pigeon Song (3:34)
    Double Bass - Prince April
6   Don't Say No (4:02)
7   The Childcatcher (4:28)
    Clarinet [Bass], Recorder - Leo Chadburn
8   Demolition (6:06)
    Cello - Jo Zeitlin
  Recorder - Leo Chadburn
9   London (3:54)
    Backing Vocals - Miss Jo Apps*
  Strings - Wandsworth Chamber Orchestra, The
10   Paris (4:46)
11   Peter Pan (1:53)
    Lute [Theorbo] - Matt Jones (11)
  Recorder [Bass] - Leo Chadburn
12   Lycanthropy (4:10)
    Backing Vocals - Bonnie (4) , Jo Apps , Leo Chadburn , Prince April
13   A Boy Like Me (3:29)
    Handclaps - Wattle And Daub
14   Epilogue (2:08)
    Double Bass - Prince April
User Reviews:
techsoul, Jul 23, 2008

Patrick Wolf somehow manages to use experimental electronica and harsh, distorted beats as the cornerstone for a wonderfully modern vision of British Folk music. But the electronics arent just there to sound different or avantgarde - they really click with the traditional instruments and become a bunch of songs youll remember.

Lycanthropy seems to circle around the experience of adolescence when it tells the story of a boy who slightly becomes a wolf. Sung with impressive vocal talent, the lyrics are strange, poetic and mature - I still cant get my head around the fact that Patrick Wolf was only 20 years old when he wrote and recorded this emotional rollercoaster ride, also playing many of the instruments himself! Touching and personal, this album transmits its artists identity with every second. Youll either love it or hate it for that.

As creative and deeply original as Björk when it comes to combine traditional music with modern day electronics, Patrick Wolf is a multi-talented genius to be watched in the future.

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