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Broadcasting from Home

The third studio album, with Ryuichi Sakamoto on "Heartwind".
Penguin Cafe Orchestra, 1984

Jeffes plays harmonium, cuatro, guitars, bass, violin, drums, piano, Linn Drum, ukulele, omnichord and penny whistles, among others, with Geoffrey Richardson, Helen Liebmann, Neil Rennie, Annie Whitehead, Gavyn Wright, Marcus Beale on electric violin, Dave Defries on trumpet, Kuma Harada on bass, Steve Nye on piano and Michael Giles on drums on one track. Wikipedia says the original vinyl was pressed by Polydor from a damaged master, leaving a click on the first track, and that the undamaged track was not heard until the 2008 CD from Virgin. AllMusic gave four and a half stars and Christgau a B-plus; Piero Scaruffi rates it 7 of 10, and names "Heartwind" with Sakamoto as possibly Jeffes's best piece.

Track listing

  1. Music for a Found Harmonium3:34
  2. Prelude and Yodel3:51
  3. More Milk3:05
  4. Sheep Dip3:57
  5. White Mischief5:48
  6. In the Back of a Taxi3:21
  7. Music by Numbers4:40
  8. Another One from the Colonies3:04
  9. Air4:20
  10. Heartwind4:10
  11. Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)4:29
  12. Now Nothing2:58

More from Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981), The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album (1983), Signs Of Life (1987), When In Rome... (1988), Union Cafe (1993), Concert Program (1995)

Sources

  1. Broadcasting from Home, Wikipedia
  2. Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Piero Scaruffi