Odin (Julian Cope album)

Odin
Studio album by
Released1999
GenreAmbient
Length73:45
LabelHead Heritage
ProducerThighpaulsandra
Julian Cope chronology
Rite²
(1997)
Odin
(1999)
An Audience With the Cope 2000/2001
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Great Rock Discography6/10[2]

Odin is an ambient music album by Julian Cope, released in 1999. It is Cope's third album of ambient music and his fifteenth solo album overall.

The album is a 73-minute-long vocal drone piece interwoven with Mellotron[3] and is referred to by Cope as “a simultaneously-synthesized parallel-harmonic Breathing Meditation.”[4] It was recorded in one take, as Cope explained, "The preparation of the studio took six hours, but the performance was entirely live like a concert and without overdubs."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Cope

No.TitleLength
1."Breath Of Odin"73:45

Personnel

  • Julian Cope – vocals, mellotron, keyboards
  • Thighpaulsandra – producer, recorded by (credited as Cliff Cheerio)[6]
  • Lisa Bennett – artwork, design

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. "Julian Cope Biography". The Great Rock Bible. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ Ellis, Warren. "Julian Cope’s ODIN". warrenellis.com. Retrieved on 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ "The S.P.A.C.E.R.O.C.K.E.R.’s Guide to Julian Cope" (Aural Innovations magazine #23, April 2003)
  5. ^ "Elegant Chaos: A Conversation With Julian Cope". Steel for Brains. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Thighpaulsandra". Brainwashed.com. Retrieved on 21 April 2018.