Music from The Body

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1976 (USA)January–March, August–September 1970Biomusic, experimental, psychedelic folk41:28EnglishHarvest (UK)
Import Records (USA)
Restless Retro (1990 CD reissue)Ron Geesin, Roger WatersRoger Watersx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings Music from The Body is the soundtrack album to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film The Body,<ref name="Mabbett">Template:Cite book</ref> about human biology, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay.

History

The music was composed in collaboration between Pink Floyd member Roger Waters and Ron Geesin, who worked together on Atom Heart Mother<ref name="Mabbett" /> the same year, and employs biomusic, including, on the first track, sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering, flatulence, etc.),<ref name="Mabbett" /> in addition to more traditional guitar, piano and stringed instruments. The album's final track, "Give Birth to a Smile", features all four members of Pink Floyd, plus Geesin on piano, although David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are uncredited.<ref name="Mabbett" />

The child heard on opening track is Ron's son Joe Geesin.

The LP, being a complete re-recording of the score, features a different track listing from the original film soundtrack, and a three sided acetate does exist of the full versionTemplate:Citation needed. The cover of the album features a Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM).<ref>Transparent Women. Retrieved 2011-06-23.</ref>

Waters did not release another album outside of Pink Floyd until 1984's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.<ref name="Mabbett" />

Track listing

All songs written by Ron Geesin, except where noted:<ref name="Mabbett" />

Side One

1. "Our Song" (Geesin/Waters) – 1:24
2. "Sea Shell and Stone" (Waters) – 2:17
3. "Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11
4. "A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19
5. "Lick Your Partners" – 0:35
6. "Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35
7. "Chain of Life" (Waters) – 3:59
8. "The Womb Bit" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:06
9. "Embryo Thought" – 0:39
10. "March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08
11. "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03
12. "Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04

Side Two

1. "Body Transport" (Geesin/Waters) – 3:16
2. "Hand Dance — Full Evening Dress" – 1:01
3. "Breathe" (Waters) – 2:53
4. "Old Folks Ascension" – 3:47
5. "Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" – 2:02
6. "Piddle in Perspex" – 0:57
7. "Embryonic Womb-Walk" – 1:14
8. "Mrs. Throat Goes Walking" – 2:05
9. "Sea Shell and Soft Stone" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:05
10. "Give Birth to a Smile" (Waters) – 2:49

Personnel

• Ron Geesin – electric and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, harmonium, piano, banjo, mandolin, tape effects, vocalizations
• Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, tape effects, vocalizations

• David Gilmour – electric guitar (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited
• Nick Mason – drums (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited
• Richard Wright – Hammond organ (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited
• Hafliði Hallgrímsson – cello, uncredited

External links

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