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1996 studio album by Cul de Sac
China Gate
Studio album by Cul de Sac
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
RecordedAugust 1995 at Rainfarm Studios, North Reading, Massachusetts
GenrePost-rock, space rock
Length64:28
LabelFlying Nun/Thirsty Ear
ProducerCul de Sac, Jon Williams
Cul de Sac chronology
I Don't Want to Go to Bed
(1995)
China Gate
(1996)
The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Alternative Press

China Gate is an album by Cul de Sac, released in 1996. The album incorporated elements of surf rock.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that " Proudman is an extremely musical drummer who can hold down the fort while taking off on flights of fancy with the liquidly propulsive Fujiwara." Rolling Stone praised "the deft, pointillist strokes with which guitarist Glenn Jones dots the margins of his spare compositions."

Paste listed the album as one of the "50 Best Post-Rock Albums", writing that it "set the bar for the group's expansive experimentalism, allowing them to work Can-like rhythms, Eastern-influenced melodies, flickering electronics, and plenty of noise into their deconstructions of the rock idiom."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."China Gate"Harold Adamson, Victor Young1:11
2."Sakhalin"Glenn Jones5:49
3."Nepenthe"Glenn Jones8:47
4."Doldrums"Glenn Jones5:45
5."James Coburn"Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman6:30
6."Virgin Among Cannibals"Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman2:09
7."...His Teeth Got Lost in the Mattress..."Glenn Jones3:06
8."Hemispheric Events Command"Glenn Jones6:15
9."The Fourth Eye"Glenn Jones11:36
10."The Colomber"Glenn Jones6:16
11."China Gate" (reprise)Harold Adamson, Victor Young0:31
12."Utopia Pkwy."Glenn Jones6:51

Personnel

Cul de Sac
Production and additional personnel
  • Cul de Sac – production
  • Nancy Given – design
  • Bill Salkin – engineering
  • Walter Stickle – engineering
  • Jon Williams – production, engineering

References

  1. Buckley, Peter (March 8, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "China Gate". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  3. columnist (June 1996). "China Gate". Alternative Press: 75.
  4. Gordon, Jade (Jun 8, 1996). "Albums — China Gate by Cul-de-Sac". Melody Maker. 73 (23): 49.
  5. Hacker, Scot (Sep 1996). "Music — China Gate by Cul De Sac". Utne Reader (77): 100.
  6. "Cul de Sac interview- Perfect Sound Forever". www.furious.com.
  7. Rompers, Terry (2007). "Cul de Sac". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  8. Sprague, David (Jun 27, 1996). "China Gate". Rolling Stone. No. 737. p. 59.
  9. "The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums". pastemagazine.com. December 18, 2016.

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