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Robert Ashley: Private Parts the record

ASHLEY,ROBERT (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 The Park - Ashley, Robert
2 The Backyard - Ashley, Robert

Editorial Reviews

Centered around the mesmerizing voice of Robert Ashley, this early version (released on LP by Lovely Music in 1979) of The Park and The Backyard is a masterpiece in its simplicity of form and in the purity and intensity of its effect on the listener. These two pieces were later to become the opening and closing segments of the seven part opera for television, Perfect Lives. "When Private Parts first hit the scene, everyone I knew had The Park memorized within a month and quoted from it constantly. Ashley's series of non-sequitur images, fusing into a picture so lifelike that it never quite added up, brought a mystery into music theater that smashed our previous conceptions of the genre." — Kyle Gann.

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Lovely Music
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1993
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Lovely Music
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000IO9K
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
5 global ratings

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Corn Cob
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful poetry set to music
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022
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Some might call this “spoken word”, but the timing with background music makes it poetry. The words come from Ashley’s “Private Parts” opera for TV, but the presentation makes it very different. Not to be listened to lightly, but when paying attention,
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DMR008
5.0 out of 5 stars What a strange trip it is
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2010
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I've enjoyed this album for well over twenty years.
I have fallen asleep to it.
It has woken me up.
When I listen intently to it, I hear amazing things... simple truths about life, observations that strike a chord and give me pause to reflect on my own decisions and lack of decisions.
It is endlessly intriguing, lovely to listen to, challenging to hear.

Beyond that, I would say to the uninitiated, that this is a spoken word album. A story is told to us, not sung. And although there are musical instruments involved, they are background components to Ashley's words. Although a story, the words seem to mean different things each time one listens. Now that I think about it, I'd categorize this as somewhere on the spectrum between utterance and incantation.
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John Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Ashley was one of America's greatest composers and this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2017
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Robert Ashley was one of America's greatest composers and this, his seminal work, has been a huge influence on many left field composers and musicians. Magic stuff.
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