Through the Hill

RELEASE
1994
LABEL
Gyroscope
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Ambient, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock

Album Review

Sounding much more like a Harold Budd album than anything ever released by Andy Partridge (of XTC), these ambient pieces are lush, spacious environments populated by Budd's watery keyboards and Partridge's heavily processed, angular guitar lines. Fans of both artists will have fun deciding who wrote what, seeing as the duo shares credit for all pieces (it might be the pop-centric Partridge responsible for the sudden key changes and quasi-song structure). This is one of Andy Partridge's most interesting diversions while stuck in contractual limbo after 1992's Nonsuch; it's a shame that there weren't any more like this.
Ted Mills, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Hand 19
  2. Through the Hill
  3. Great Valley of Gongs
  4. Western Island of Apples
  5. Anima Mundi
  6. Hand 20
  7. The Place of Odd Glances
  8. Well for the Sweat of the Moon
  9. Tenochititlán's Numberless Bridges
  10. Ceramic Avenue
  11. Hand 21
  12. Missing Pieces to the Game of Salt and Onyx
  13. Mantle of Peacock Bones
  14. Bronze Coins Showing Genitals
  15. Bearded Aphrodite
  16. Hand 22