Sgt. Disco

Sgt. Disco
Studio album by Circus Devils
Released August 28, 2007
Recorded 2006 / 2007 at Waterloo Sound Recording
Genre Psychedelic rock
experimental rock
alternative rock
art rock
Length 67:00
Label Ipecac Recordings
Producer Todd Tobias
Circus Devils chronology
Five
(2005)		 Sgt. Disco
(2007)		 Ataxia
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Spin[2]
Filter[3]
Weekly Dig[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes[5]
pitchforkmedia[6]

Sgt. Disco is the fifth studio album by the Ohio psychedelic/ experimental rock band Circus Devils. The album was released first as a double vinyl Lp. The CD version of the album was released by Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings label on August 28, 2007. Sgt. Disco features Robert Pollard on vocals and Todd Tobias on all instruments and atmospheres.

Reaction

"The first line of "In Your Office" sums up the fifth Circus Devils album Sgt. Disco nicely: "There is beautiful pandemonium." . . . the songs run the gamut from bizarre skeletal sludge topped with psychedelic bits and strange pseudo-poetics to greasy mock grunge rock. Like them or not, you have to respect the Devils' idiosyncratic tenacity and their relentless pursuit of a wild artistic vision. If you're into the eccentric, wedge this one between your Syd Barrett and Frogs CDs and brace yourself for one hell of a trip."
- Jason Lymangrover / Allmusic.com[7] "

". . . Shanties, Throbbing Gristle-esque loops and noises, stoner jams and mini-pop-operas all piled like vignettes and miniatures averaging about 90 seconds. But they pile carefully, thoroughly producing a world within each. No lo-fi sketchbooks mastered to CD here."
- Boston's Weekly Dig

In 2012, the song "George Took a Shovel" was featured in the third annual Audio Antihero Halloween playlist. [8]

Track listing

  1. "Zig Zag"
  2. "In Madonna's Gazebo"
  3. "George Took a Shovel"
  4. "Pattern Girl"
  5. "Nicky Highpockets"
  6. "Love Hate Relationship with the Human Race"
  7. "Brick Soul Mascots (Part 1)"
  8. "Break My Leg"
  9. "Outlasting Girafalo"
  10. "The Assassins Ballroom (Get Your Ass In)"
  11. "The Winner's Circle"
  12. "The Constable's Headscape"
  13. "In Your Office"
  14. "New Boy"
  15. "Puke it Up"
  16. "Swing Shift"
  17. "Happy Zones"
  18. "The Pit Fighter"
  19. "Bogus Reactions"
  20. "Hot Lettuce"
  21. "Safer Than Hooking"
  22. "Dead Duck Dinosaur"
  23. "Do This"
  24. "Brick Soul Mascots (Part 2)"
  25. "Caravan"
  26. "Lance the Boiling Son"
  27. "War Horsies"
  28. "French Horn Litigation"
  29. "The Baby That Never Smiled"
  30. "Man of Spare Parts"
  31. "Rose in Paradise"
  32. "Summer is Set"

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Spin review
  3. ↑ Filter review
  4. ↑ Weekly Dig review
  5. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  6. ↑ pitchforkmedia review
  7. ↑ Allmusic.com
  8. ↑ http://onlineantihero.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/audio-antihero-halloween-music-for.html
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