1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad

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1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad
Studio album by The Music Tapes
Released	July 6, 1999
Genre	Indie rock, Experimental, Fuzz-folk
Length	41:39
Label	Merge Records
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	1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad (1999)	2nd Imaginary Symphony For Cloudmaking (2002)

1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad was an album released by The Music Tapes, a project consisting mainly of Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster in 1999 by Merge Records. It was recorded mainly on vintage equipment, using equipment such as wax cylinders and reel to reel tape recorders, hence its lo-fi sound. A partial concept record, among its themes the power of television, and the death of 1950's actor George Reeves, who played the hero Superman, who Koster was entranced with as a child. The album took many years to assemble, being recorded in closets and cupboards, and mixing straightforward pop songs with collage and storytelling.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Song For Soon To Be Sailor" – 2:16
2. "1st Imaginary Symphony By Vacuum Cleaner" – 1:00
3. "Song Of The Nomad Lost" – 2:34
4. "Pulled Out To Sea" – 1:34
5. "March Of The Father Fists" – 2:35
6. "Nomad Tell Us" – 3:10
7. "Aliens" – 2:32
8. "Song Of Two Castles" – 0:55
9. "What The Single Made The Needle Sing" – 4:02
10. "The Clapping Hands" – 4:12
11. "Sea's Song For Sailor" – 0:33
12. "The Television Tells Us" – 4:34
13. "An Orchestration's Overture" – 1:53
14. "Song For The Death Of Parents" – 4:02
15. "A Warning!" – 1:30
16. "Fanfare For Speeding Bullet" – 2:13
17. "Wishing Well At Caper's End" – 2:04