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Through the Hill

~ Harold Budd, Andy Partridge
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Product details

  • Audio CD (8 Jul 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • ASIN: B0000035D0
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 566,519 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hand 19
2. Through the Hill
3. Great Valley of Gongs
4. Western Island of Apples
5. Anima Mundi
6. Hand 20
7. 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

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rural Neolithic Jazz anyone?, 10 Feb 2004
By Timothy Hooper - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Through the Hill (Audio CD)
The combination of ambient piano overlord Harold Budd and new-wave enfant terrible Andy Partridge might at first seem a strange, even incompatible coupling. However, Partridge has been mellowing for some time now and recent XTC releases have seen a strong development towards a more pastoral folkiness that suits his highly coloured song writing perfectly. Budd too is no stranger to unlikely pairings - his exquisite 'The Moon and The Melodies' CD with The Cocteau Twins now seems like the most obvious thing in the world, but at the time it caused ripples in the camps of both sets of fans.

So, here they are together and what does it sound like? Well, interestingly like neither of them but strangely familiar at the same time. Budd's expansive ocean of rippling piano notes is all in order and occasionally Partridge's guitar rears its experimental head.

Tracks such as 'Hand 20' hint at XTC work such as 'River Of Orchids' and 'Mantle of Peacock Bones' could sit comfortably on any Budd release. Added to this, Budd reads a number of Partridge's poems to great effect, 'Well For The Sweat Of The Moon' is particularly haunting.

Textures are rich and there is a pleasing jazz flavour to a number of the pieces ('The Place Of Odd Glances', 'Hand 19') overlaying an earthy almost Neolithic feel (the latter a strong Partridge signature ever since 1981's XTC release 'English Settlement').

If anything, this has far more in common with the likes of David Syvian's 'Gone To Earth' than an XTC or Harold Budd LP - and that is the highest recommendation I can think of. A rather lovely and unexpected meditation on archaeology, soil and history. Let's hope they do more together.

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