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Preludes, Airs & Yodels

Artist: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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    Music for a Found Harmonium – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 03:40
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    Perpetuum Mobile – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 04:27
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    Penguin Cafe Single – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 06:17
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    Air – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 04:20
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    Telephone and Rubber Band – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 02:29
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    Dirt – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 04:51
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    Giles Farnaby's Dream – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 02:19
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    Oscar Tango – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 03:10
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    Rosasolis – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 04:14
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    Air à Danser – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 04:30
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    Music for a Found Harmonium – Patrick Street 02:43
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    Yodel 3 – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 03:23
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    White Mischief – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 05:51
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    Prelude and Yodel – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 03:50
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    Harmonic Necklace – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 01:12
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    Steady State – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 03:38
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    Nothing Really Blue – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 05:07
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    Pandaharmonium – The Orb, Penguin Cafe Orchestra 05:29
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    Piano Music [Live] – Penguin Cafe Orchestra 01:53

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra was one of those delightfully unclassifiable groups. Not really classical, not really jazz; sort of minimalist, and decidedly not new age (despite their usual classification), the PCO blended the first three of those ingredients into a quirky, beautiful, and timeless music that sounds like no one else. Lots of strings, piano, harmonium, bass, and ukuleles are the main instruments, and the music they produce is pretty, humorous, and utterly unique. Preludes, Airs Yodels is a collection (one couldn't really use the term "Greatest Hits" for the PCO) that features many of their best-loved tunes like the "Penguin Cafe Single," "Air à Danser," and "Telephone and Rubber Band" (What? No "Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas?"). "Music for a Found Harmonium" actually appears three times: the original version by the PCO, a version by the traditional Irish band Patrick Street, and an electronicized version whipped up by pioneering electronica act the Orb. To be honest, the Orb remix doesn't really fit into the flow of the album all that well, but the point they make about the wide-ranging appeal of the group is well-taken (and it's easy enough to program out). The remastered sound is a marked improvement over their individual albums (as of 2004), and this compilation could serve as the perfect entry point for the curious. Once you hear it, you'll probably want to pick up the four-CD box, History, which contains the rest of their recordings along with various unreleased outtakes and live performances. This is great stuff. Sean Westergaard, Rovi

  • Genre: Avant-Garde, New Age, Rock, Jazz
  • Category Minimalism, Neo-Classical, Chamber Jazz, Contemporary Instrumental, Experimental Rock
  • Label: EMI EUROPE GENERIC
  • Release Date: August 5, 1996
  • Artist: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
  • Additional Artist: Patrick Street (Performer)

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  • Online Item #: 12005209
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-13-7592
  • Made in the USA or Imported