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Pandemonium Shadow Show/Aerial Ballet/Aerial Pandemonium Ballet

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Brilliant stuff – and the place to start with Nilsson! Long before his style had become cliched, Nilsson cut these mad albums of wonderful little songs – sort of a cross between folksy singer-songwriter work, and more baroque-oriented styles, like those of Scott Walker. The key element here is whimsy – and Nilsson let arranger George Tipton take him all over the map, from the somber tone of his classic "Without Her", to the spacious joy of "River Deep Mountain High", to the silliness of "1941", and the sad beauty of "She's Leaving Home". The CD features all tracks from the albums Pandemonium Shadow Show and Aeriel Ballet – 25 tracks that include (along with the ones above) the titles "One", "The Wailing Of The Willow", "Bath", "Everybody's Talkin", "Little Cowboy", and "Freckles". Plus, the set also features the album Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, which features new versions, remixes, and alternate takes of tunes from the first two albums – offering up some great takes on tunes that already sound pretty darn wonderful! All that, and the set also features 4 bonus tracks – "Sister Marie", "Wasting My Time", "Miss Butter's Lament", and "As I Wander Lonely".  © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.