The American Astronaut

The Billy Nayer Show | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BSG
• ASIN: B00005TT5O
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,932 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The American Astronaut

2. Shaving

3. Ceres Walk

4. Henchmen

5. Hey Boy

6. Love Smiles

7. Death of A Pirate

8. Sandman

9. Ship Alarm

10. Jupiter Arena

11. A

12. The Baby in the Jar

13. Death of Vilensky

14. Party

15. Like Nothing Ever Heard

16. The Silver Miners Tale

17. Bodysuit

18. Venus Landing

19. Venus

20. The Girl with the Vagina Made of Glass

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great soundtrack to a great film, December 20, 2001

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Huey Molnar (San Francisco, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The American Astronaut (Audio CD)

The American Astronaut is one of the most imaginative, hilarious, disturbing and beautiful films to come out of the independent cinema in a long time. Essentially a children's story/allegorical tale of sons and fathers disguised as a space noir musical, it has a truly surreal, absurd sense of humor, great production design and spectacular B&W cinematography that demonstrates how much can be done with an extremely small budget, plus great music and lyrics by The Billy Nayer Show that twist, torque and tear apart all kinds of musical genres: rock, punk, country, sci-fi movie cliches, ballads and show tunes. So far the movie has only received a limited release and it's so different I don't think you'll be seeing it at the cineplex anytime soon, so buy this soundtrack now and hear for yourself what a weirdly great or greatly weird movie this is. My one petty criticism of the soundtrack is that it doesn't include the Rio Yeti song or the Hertz Donut routine (how about a cd single?). Six out of five stars.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Soundtrack to a Musical Space Western, & O So Much More!, November 30, 2001

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Anna Watkins (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The American Astronaut (Audio CD)

There is a fine line between madness and genius. Cory McAbee not only toes this line, but becomes an inspired dervish upon it. His band, Billy Nayer Show provides not only an accompaniment, but also a driving force to his vocalized dance.

American Astronaut is the consummate Billy Nayer Show album, demonstrating both the maturity of a band over a decade in the making, and the consistantly unorthodox musical vision that has made them a growing cult favorite in Manhattan, San Francisco, and abroad.

Although their music defies conventional explanation (Often the simplest way to do so for my friends is to apply to the ears directly), perhaps this formula will suffice:

Imagine a pop-tune's sticks-to-the-grey-matter type ditty playing in the background, whilst a melodious could've-been-a-bluesman's deep voice (in the case of McAbee) belts out rhythmically rhyming lines, the lyrics of which would make Frank Zappa proud (or blush). This is a glimpse into "The Girl With the V...", only one of the spirited numbers on the album.

If you are searching for something new, something to shake you at your music-loving foundations, something to renew your faith in the music scene, you have found your album. If you enjoy the album, you might also be entertained by the Sundance award-winning film- find out where it is playing, and see it. Better yet, see Billy Nayer Show play in person. (...)

I write these words with much reverence and affection for this band, and I hope I have done their music justice.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still available on BillyNeyer.com!, January 13, 2006

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Collin M. David "allnerdreview" (Putnam Valley, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The American Astronaut (Audio CD)

I'd just like to chime in and say that this is an incredible film and album, and both are still available on billynayer.com - don't pay the crazy scalper prices here!