Acnalbasac Noom

Acnalbasac Noom
Studio album by Slapp Happy
Released 1980
Recorded Wümme, Germany, 1973
Genre Avant-rock, avant-pop
Length 34:57
Label Recommended (UK)
Producer Uwe Nettelbeck
Slapp Happy chronology
In Praise of Learning
(1975)		 Acnalbasac Noom
(1980)		 Ça Va
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi (6.5/10)[2]

Acnalbasac Noom (also known as Slapp Happy or Slapphappy) is an album by German/British avant-pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in Wümme, Germany in 1973 with Faust as their backing band. It had a working title of Casablanca Moon but was never released at the time because it had been rejected by their record label, Polydor. Slapp Happy later re-recorded the album in 1974 for Virgin Records, who released it in 1974 as Slapp Happy. The original 1973 recording of Casablanca Moon, was released as Slapp Happy or Slapphappy by Recommended Records in 1980, and reissued as Acnalbasac Noom in 1982. The title Acnalbasac Noom is "Casablanca Moon" written backwards.

The track titles on Acnalbasac Noom are identical to those on Slapp Happy except for the track sequence and that "Haiku" on Slapp Happy is replaced by "Charlie 'n Charlie" on Acnalbasac Noom. Musically, Acnalbasac Noom is arranged quite differently to Slapp Happy: it has a raw and unsophisticated "rock" feel about it, whereas Slapp Happy tends to be more sentimental and "dreamy" with complex arrangements, including a string orchestra. While the unsophisticated feel of Acnalbasac Noom still appeals to many fans, it was the sentimental sound on Slapp Happy that the band became best known for.

Contents

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Casablanca Moon" (Moore/Blegvad) – 2:57
  2. "Me and Parvati" (Moore/Blegvad) – 3:25
  3. "Mr. Rainbow" (Blegvad) – 3:45
  4. "Michelangelo" (Moore/Blegvad) – 2:34
  5. "The Drum" (Moore/Blegvad) – 3:45
  6. "A Little Something" (Blegvad) – 3:15
Side Two
  1. "The Secret" (Moore/Blegvad) – 3:20
  2. "Dawn" (Moore/Blegvad) – 3:30
  3. "Half-Way There" (Blegvad) – 3:02
  4. "Charlie 'n Charlie" (Moore/Blegvad) – 2:18
  5. "Slow Moon's Rose" (Moore) – 3:06

Personnel

Guests (Faust)

Sound and art work

CD reissues

In 1990 Recommended Records reissued Acnalbasac Noom on CD with four extra tracks:

In 2000 Recommended Records issued a remastered (by Bob Drake) edition with the same artwork and tracks. The same remaster was also issued as a Japanese mini-LP sleeve with the original LP artwork.

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Acnalbasac Noom". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r49508. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
  2. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Peter Blegvad". The History of Rock Music. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/blegvad.html. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 

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