China Gate (album)

China Gate
China Gate
Studio album by Cul de Sac
Released	May 21, 1996
Recorded	August 1995 at Rainfarm Studios, North Reading, Massachusetts
Genre	Post-rock, space rock
Length	64:28
Label	Flying Nun/Thirsty Ear
Producer	Cul de Sac, Jon Williams
Cul de Sac chronology

China Gate is an album by Cul de Sac, released in 1996.^[4]^[5] The album incorporated elements of surf rock.^[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	^[3]

Critical reception edit

Trouser Press wrote that "[Jon] Proudman is an extremely musical drummer who can hold down the fort while taking off on flights of fancy with the liquidly propulsive [Chris] Fujiwara."^[7] Rolling Stone praised "the deft, pointillist strokes with which guitarist Glenn Jones dots the margins of his spare compositions."^[8]

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."^[9]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"China Gate"	Harold Adamson, Victor Young	1:11
2.	"Sakhalin"	Glenn Jones	5:49
3.	"Nepenthe"	Glenn Jones	8:47
4.	"Doldrums"	Glenn Jones	5:45
5.	"James Coburn"	Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman	6:30
6.	"Virgin Among Cannibals"	Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman	2:09
7.	"...His Teeth Got Lost in the Mattress..."	Glenn Jones	3:06
8.	"Hemispheric Events Command"	Glenn Jones	6:15
9.	"The Fourth Eye"	Glenn Jones	11:36
10.	"The Colomber"	Glenn Jones	6:16
11.	"China Gate" (reprise)	Harold Adamson, Victor Young	0:31
12.	"Utopia Pkwy."	Glenn Jones	6:51

Personnel edit

Cul de Sac

Robin Amos – synthesizers, sampler, vocals
Chris Fujiwara – bass guitar
Glenn Jones – guitar
Jon Proudman – drums, vocals

Production and additional personnel

Cul de Sac – production
Nancy Given – design
Bill Salkin – engineering
Walter Stickle – engineering
Jon Williams – production, engineering

References edit

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

External links edit

China Gate at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Buckley, Peter (March 8, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.

[allmusic-2] Raggett, Ned. "China Gate". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.

[altpress-3] umnist (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.

[TP-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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