Crooning on Venus: Ocean of Sounds 2

David Toop presents a collection of some of the world’s most extraordinary singers and their personal take on ballardeering (advert in The Wire, 1996).

Tracklist:

Disc 1:

1. Rangers in the night – Wyatt, Robert
2. Time – Sly & The Family Stone
3. Yet so beautiful – MacDonald, Laurel
4. Cais – Nascimento, Milton
5. I still love Albert Einstein – Earthling
6. Mercury – Royal Trux
7. See through love – Russell, Arthur
8. My ideal – Baker, Chet
9. I see you again – Nordenstam, Stina
10. Take me as I am – Hooker, John Lee
11. Starsailor – Buckley, Tim
12. Rain – Tenko
13. Taity Inty – Sumac, Yma
14. Dealer – Walker, Scott
15. White jam – Captain Beefheart
16. Young and supernatural – Lilacs

Disc 2:

1. Falling – Cruise, Julee
2. Death of Polly – Bates, Martyn
3. Autumn leaves – Coldcut
4. Prtelude/Lawns of Dawns – Mico
5. Protection – Massive Attack
6. Diabaram – Sakamoto, Ryuichi
7. Wind chimes – Beach Boys
8. Honey moon – Hosono, Haruomi
9. You will be loved again – O’Hara, Mary Margaret
10. Twilight zone – Dr. John
11. Higher than the sun – Primal Scream
12. Brilliant trees – Sylvian, David
13. Small hours – Martyn, John
14. Ever so lonely/Eyes/Ocean – Chandra, Sheila
15. Lifeforms – Future Sound Of London
16. Yanomami young men singing before hunting – Toop, David