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Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Artist
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Label
Integral Distribution Services
Catalogue Number
INTGDS00014LP
Release Date
November 22, 2024

Penguin Cafe Orchestra is the second studio album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, released in 1981, and recorded between 1977 and 1980. By this album, the line-up for the band had expanded greatly, with contribution including Simon Jeffes, Helen Leibmann, Steve Nye, Gavyn Wright of the original quartet, as well as Geoff Richardson, Peter Veitch, Braco, Giles Leamna, Julio Segovia and Neil Rennie. All pieces were composed by Simon Jeffes except for "Paul's Dance" (Jeffes and Nye), "Cutting Branches" (traditional), and "Walk Don't Run" (by Johnny Smith). The cover painting is by Emily Young.

"Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter" is based on the traditional Zimbabwean song "Nhemamusasa", a field recording of which can be heard played on mbira on the Nonesuch Records album The Soul of the Mbira.

The Boston Globe opined that "this is one of the most eccentric records released this or any year... It's also one of the most delightful." In 2021, Penguin Cafe Orchestra was named among the fifty best albums of 1981 by Spin

This re-press uses the 2008 remaster, pressed on Apricot vinyl.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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