Union Cafe [Import]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI/Virgin
• ASIN: B000024M1U
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,336 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Scherzo and Trio

2. Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)

3. Nothing Really Blue

4. Cage Dead

5. Vega

6. Yodel 3

7. Organum

8. Another One from Porlock

9. Thorn Tree Wind

10. Silver Star of Bologna

11. Discover America

12. Pythagoras on the Line

13. Kora Kora

14. Lie Back and Think of England

15. Red Shorts

16. Passing Through

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They have become an icon, September 29, 2005

By 

Stephen mcCormack (Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Union Cafe (Audio CD)

Since the mid 80's I have been listening to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and am delighted to say that this stands up with all their previous works.
The first track was so sweet - invoking the morning sun. By the time the second tune came on (Lifeboat) I knew this meant coffee - full bodied and strong immersed in cellos. Charming and disarming.
I have always instinctively called Simon Jeffes' PCO "Still Life Music". Their music makes you stay in touch with nature and nostalgia both. At times almost wooden it's like a campaign to stop us getting too clinical, official or artificial in the increasingly more sophisticated yet often tasteless modern world.
Thank you Simon for stepping out of the machinery.
Long live the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.