Music from "The Body"

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Music from "The Body"
Studio album by Roger Waters
Released	28 November 1970
Recorded	January - March, August - September 1970
Genre	Rock soundtrack
Length	41:28
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Roger Waters, Ron Geesin
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Roger Waters chronology
	Music from "The Body" (1970)	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984)

Produced as a film soundtrack Music from "The Body" is a collaboration between Roger Waters and Ron Geesin which employed organic sounds as instruments. The final track features all of Pink Floyd. Our Song features some hecktic piano, and noises reminiscent of Several Species from Ummagumma. In fact, much of the album sounds like an extension of that sound collage. Sea shell and song is a quiet pastoral-like ballad, similar to Grantchester Meadows, consisting of cello and acoustic guitar. Red Stuff is a cello and violin instrumental. "A gentle breeze blew through life", is another instrumental featuring midly Spanish style guitar playing. "lick Your Partners" is a faintly comical but dark, sound collage. "Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" is a moody cello and violin instrumental. "Chain of life" is sung by waters and is another pastoral medley. "Womb Bit" contains disconcerting sound effects, and piano. "More than seven dwarfs in penis land" is one of bizzarest songs on the album, and features some strange chanting. "Dance of the red corpuscles" sounds similar to a merry, Irish jig. "Body Transport" features whispered words in a Scottish accent, and heaving breathing. "Hand Dance" does sound like a ball-room dance recording, with violin and cello creatinfg the approprite mood. "Breathe" (not to be confused with The Dark Side of the Moon's song of the same name) is another pastoral ballad, where Roger Waters sings about environmental issues. "Old Folks ascension" sounds like a possible out-take from Atom Heart Mother. The dreamy, "Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" is reminiscent of Grantchester Meadows. Embryonic Womb-Walk is a highly classical piece, full of atomsphere and dynamics. Mrs. Throat Goes Walking is a midly humorous, bass led sound collage with various strange voices produced by Roger Waters. "Give Birth to A Smile" features an uncredited Pink Floyd and a host of backing singers.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Our Song" – 1:24 Geesin/Waters
2. "Sea Shell and Stone" – 2:17 Waters
3. "Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11 Geesin
4. "A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19 Geesin
5. "Lick Your Partners" – 0:35 Geesin
6. "Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35 Geesin
7. "Chain of Life" – 3:59 Waters
8. "The Womb Bit" – 2:06 Geesin/Waters
9. "Embryo Thought" – 0:39 Geesin
10. "March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08 Geesin
11. "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03 Geesin
12. "Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04 Geesin
13. "Body Transport" – 3:16 Geesin/Waters
14. "Hand Dance" - Full Evening Dress – 1:01 Geesin
15. "Breathe" – 2:53 Waters Geesin
16. "Old Folks Ascension" – 3:47 Geesin
17. "Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" – 2:02 Geesin
18. "Piddle in Perspex" – 0:57 Geesin
19. "Embryonic Womb-Walk" – 1:14 Geesin
20. "Mrs. Throat Goes Walking" – 2:05 Geesin
21. "Sea Shell and Soft Stone" – 2:05 Geesin/Waters
22. "Give Birth to a Smile" – 2:49 Waters

All tracks composed by Geesin, except track 1, 8, 13, and 21, composed by Geesin and Waters and tracks 2, 7, 15, and 22, composed by Waters.

Roger Waters
Discography
Studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | Radio KAOS | Amused to Death | Ça Ira |
Soundtracks: Music from "The Body" | When the Wind Blows
Live: The Wall Live in Berlin | In the Flesh Live
Compilations: Flickering Flame
Singles: The Tide Is Turning | What God Wants, Pt. 1 | To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut
Videos and DVDs
Pink Floyd The Wall | The Wall Live in Berlin | In the Flesh Live | The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
Tours
In the Flesh | The Dark Side of the Moon Live
Related articles
Pink Floyd | David Gilmour | Alan Parker | Gerald Scarfe | Ron Geesin | The Final Cut | The Wall | Amusing Ourselves to Death
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