Tracklist
| Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis | 5:37 | ||
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | 4:32 | ||
| The Vibes Ain't Nothin' But The Vibes | 4:48 | ||
| It's Business As Usual | 4:28 | ||
| Miles | 5:26 | ||
| Dirty Barry | 7:25 | ||
| In A Moment Of Clarity | 4:12 | ||
| Achieved In The Valley Of Dolls | 4:26 | ||
| Vermillion Kisses | 3:02 | ||
| The Big Bamboozle | 3:33 | ||
| State Of Contraction | 1:37 | ||
| The Sweetest Embrace | 4:46 | ||
| Set The Controls Again | 1:32 |
Credits (6)
- Luella WrightLayout
Slim Smith (2)Layout
Kevin MetcalfeMastered By [Cut By]
Steve GullickPhotography By [Cover: Still From Philippe Garrel's Le Revelateur]
Barry AdamsonSleeve [Concept]
Simon HenwoodSleeve [Concept]
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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| A Prayer Mat Of Flesh Cassette, Album, Promo | Mute – CD STUMM 134 | UK | 1995 | UK — 1995 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – 9019-2 | US | 1996 | US — 1996 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Digipak | Mute – CD STUMM 134, Mute – CDSTUMM134 | UK | 1996 | UK — 1996 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Digipak | Mute – 724384194727, Labels – 724384194727, Mute – 7243 8419472 7, Labels – 7243 8419472 7 +2 more labels... | France | 1996 | France — 1996 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – IRS 972.067, Mute – CDSTUMM134, Mute – 7243 4 84276 2 5, Mute – INT 845.163 +2 more labels... | Europe | 1996 | Europe — 1996 | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Promo | Mute Corporation – MUSDJ1-2 | US | 1996 | US — 1996 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – CD STUMM 134, Liberation Records – CD STUMM 134, Mute – CDStumm134, Liberation Records – CDStumm134 +2 more labels... | Australia | 1996 | Australia — 1996 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Unofficial Release | Mute (2) – CD STUMM 134 | Russia | 1996 | Russia — 1996 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – CD STUMM 134, Mute – 5016025611348 | Europe | 1996 | Europe — 1996 | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Digipak | Mute – CD STUMM 134, Labels – 7243 8419472 7 | Europe | 1996 | Europe — 1996 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – CD STUMM 134, Mute – CDStumm134, Mute – 5016025611348 +1 more label... | UK & Europe | 1996 | UK & Europe — 1996 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Digipak | Golden Pony Entertainment (H.K.) Ltd. – GPM 134-2 | Hong Kong | 1996 | Hong Kong — 1996 | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus LP, Album | Mute – Stumm134, Mute – Stumm 134 | UK | 1996 | UK — 1996 | ||||
| Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album | Mute – PCCY-01024 | Japan | 1996 | Japan — 1996 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus LP, Album, Reissue | Mute – STUMM134 | UK | 2015 | UK — 2015 | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus LP, Album, Reissue, White Label | Mute – STUMM134 | UK | 2015 | UK — 2015 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, White | Mute – LSTUMM134 | UK | 2022 | UK — 2022 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus LP, Album, Reissue | Mute – STUMM 134 | UK | UK | Recently Edited | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Unofficial Release | ArsNova – 8-519 | Russia | Russia | New Submission | ||||
![]() | Oedipus Schmoedipus CD, Album, Reissue | Mute – CDSTUMM134, Mute – CDStumm134 | UK & Europe | UK & Europe | New Submission |
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How's this album sounding? I love Barry's music and I have most in vinyl except this one. I appreciate any feedback.referencing Oedipus Schmoedipus (CD, Album) 9019-2
Probably my favorite Barry Adamson album. Each and every track on here could've (and, indeed, should've) been used in a different movie. Or all in the same movie. But, like many other Adamson releases, the key is movies: his work is so hugely evocative of cinema—particularly a spectrum of film noir of the '40s through the late '70s—that it's nearly impossible to listen to this album with feeling your emotions pulled in the direction of the absent narrative. The tracks are of different genres, though nearly all of them dip at least their toes into nocturnal jazz. Most are instrumental, a few have sung vocals, and a few have strange narrations and spoken word segments. Dark, nighttime moods pervade. Barry Adamson is a master at this.
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