The Allegory of Hearing

The Allegory of Hearing
Studio album by Roy Montgomery
Released 29 August 2000
Recorded October 1998 in Lyttelton, New Zealand
Genre Neo-psychedelia
Length 47:17
Label Drunken Fish
Roy Montgomery chronology

324 E. 13th Street #7
(1999)
The Allegory of Hearing
(2000)
Silver Wheel of Prayer
(2001)
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The Allegory of Hearing is the fourth album by Roy Montgomery, released on 29 August 2000 through Drunken Fish Records. The album art features a section of The Five Senses (series) by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Roy Montgomery. 

No. Title Length
1. "Ex Cathedra"   2:48
2. "Rock, Sea, Muse, Seek"   5:26
3. "As the Dali Lama Was Remarking I Believe"   3:35
4. "Sounding the Abyss"   2:36
5. "I Hear You Mocking"   3:27
6. "Where the Belltower Once Stood"   3:45
7. "From a Promontory"   2:24
8. "Resolution Island Suite" (I. A Vessel Sublime/II. And But a Gentle Swell/III. Hubris Fills the Rash and Young/IV. Now the Reef-Dashed Mariner/V. The Sirens, They Feel Pity/VI. Wind Upon The Sails, Light Upon the Sea/VII. Cast Away This Island, Cruel So, Fate Will Set Me Free) 17:37
9. "At the Intersection of Herzog & Wenders"   3:52
10. "Above All, Compassion"   1:47

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References

  1. "Allegory of Hearing". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 March 2013.