Name: Tree In Fish
Brand: Tapestry
SKU: 265035
Price: 17.16 GBP
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Tree In Fish

Rating

Album: Tree In Fish
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Simple I	More Info...	0:01
2)	Four Horsemen	More Info...	0:02
3)	Buddhas Birthday	More Info...	0:03
4)	Faces (With Tom the Poet)	More Info...	0:03
5)	Cafe Reflections	More Info...	0:03
6)	The House Is Not the Same	More Info...	0:04
7)	Tree II	More Info...	0:04
8)	Greenfields (At Glastonbury With Didier Malherbe and Shayamal Maitra)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wilful Housewife	More Info...	0:03
10)	Song of Skye	More Info...	0:05
11)	Simple 2	More Info...
12)	Short Edit... Le Dea Madri	More Info...	0:01
13)	She Smiled	More Info...	0:02
14)	Crying	More Info...	0:02
15)	Medecine Woman (With Kangaroo Moon at Bellingen)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Aere	More Info...	0:06

Album: Tree In Fish
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Simple I	More Info...	0:01
2)	Four Horsemen	More Info...	0:02
3)	Buddhas Birthday	More Info...	0:03
4)	Faces (With Tom the Poet)	More Info...	0:03
5)	Cafe Reflections	More Info...	0:03
6)	The House Is Not the Same	More Info...	0:04
7)	Tree II	More Info...	0:04
8)	Greenfields (At Glastonbury With Didier Malherbe and Shayamal Maitra)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wilful Housewife	More Info...	0:03
10)	Song of Skye	More Info...	0:05
11)	Simple 2	More Info...
12)	Short Edit... Le Dea Madri	More Info...	0:01
13)	She Smiled	More Info...	0:02
14)	Crying	More Info...	0:02
15)	Medecine Woman (With Kangaroo Moon at Bellingen)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Aere	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Personnel: Gilli Smyth (vocals); Harry Williamson (guitar, keyboards); Robert George (drums).
Unknown Contributor Role: Robert George.
This is one of Mother Gong's strongest and most representative efforts, albeit a little late in the group's classic period. The lineup includes Robert Calvert (saxes), Conrad Henderson (bass), and Robert George (drums and percussion), in addition to the nucleus of Gilli Smyth and Harry Williamson. Recorded in part during Mother Gong's 1991 tour of America and in part in an Australian studio, Tree in Fish offers a good balance of space poetry and groovy instrumentals. Smyth's effect-drenched voice takes center stage, but the musicians are left ample room to breathe. "Wilful Housewife" and "The House Is Not the Same" (the latter with brilliant lyrics by Henry Normal) remain among her best performances from that era. This album's strength resides in its free-flowing, spontaneous-sounding track list hiding carefully scored tunes. Tracks like "She Smiled" and "Cafe Reflections" keep things ethereal and improvised, framing more precise songs into a single album context -- a feature that is lacking on the group's other records. ~ Fran‡ois Couture