This Is Our Music (Galaxie 500 album)

Infobox Album | Name = This Is Our Music
Type = Album
Artist = Galaxie 500


Released = 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Dream pop slowcore
Length = 48:54
Label = Rough Trade
Producer = Mark Kramer
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2tkxu3l5anxk link]
*Robert Christgau B- [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Galaxie+500 link]
Last album = "On Fire"
(1989)
This album = "This Is Our Music" (1990)
Next album = "n/a" |

"This Is Our Music" is a record album by Galaxie 500 released in 1990 on the record label Rough Trade. It was recorded at Noise in New York City. The album title was lifted from the 1960 album of the same name by jazz legend Ornette Coleman. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, in turn, referenced the title with their 2003 release "And This Is Our Music"

Track listing

:all songs written by Galaxie 500 except as noted
# "Fourth of July"
# "Hearing Voices"
# "Spook"
# "Summertime"
# "Way Up High"
# "Listen The Snow Is Falling" (by Yoko Ono)
# "Sorry"
# "Melt Away"
# "King of Spain Part Two"

Credits

Band

* Damon Krukowski – drums, backup vocals
* Dean Wareham – guitar, vocals
* Naomi Yang – bass

Production

* Mark Kramer – producer, engineer, mirage, "cheap flute", backup vocals
* Ralph Carney – Tenor sax on "Decomposing Trees"

Re-releases

* Rykodisc
** 1997
** Remastered by Mark Kramer and Alan Douches in 1996
** Includes cover of "Here She Comes Now" by The Velvet Underground as a bonus track
** Includes the music video for "Fourth of July", directed by Sergio Huidor in 1988

External links

* [http://db.fullofwishes.co.uk/discography/album/8/ Lyrics and Tablature ]