China Gate is an album by Cul de Sac, released in 1996.[4][5] The album incorporated elements of surf rock.[6]

China Gate
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
RecordedAugust 1995 at Rainfarm Studios, North Reading, Massachusetts
GenrePost-rock, space rock
Length64:28
LabelFlying Nun/Thirsty Ear[1]
ProducerCul de Sac, Jon Williams
Cul de Sac chronology
I Don't Want to Go to Bed
(1995)
China Gate
(1996)
The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]

Critical reception

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Trouser Press wrote that "[Jon] Proudman is an extremely musical drummer who can hold down the fort while taking off on flights of fancy with the liquidly propulsive [Chris] Fujiwara."[7] Rolling Stone praised "the deft, pointillist strokes with which guitarist Glenn Jones dots the margins of his spare compositions."[8]

Paste listed the album as one of the "50 Best Post-Rock Albums", writing that it "set the bar for the group's expansive experimentalism, allowing them to work Can-like rhythms, Eastern-influenced melodies, flickering electronics, and plenty of noise into their deconstructions of the rock idiom."[9]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."China Gate"Harold Adamson, Victor Young1:11
2."Sakhalin"Glenn Jones5:49
3."Nepenthe"Glenn Jones8:47
4."Doldrums"Glenn Jones5:45
5."James Coburn"Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman6:30
6."Virgin Among Cannibals"Robin Amos, Chris Fujiwara, Glenn Jones, Jon Proudman2:09
7."...His Teeth Got Lost in the Mattress..."Glenn Jones3:06
8."Hemispheric Events Command"Glenn Jones6:15
9."The Fourth Eye"Glenn Jones11:36
10."The Colomber"Glenn Jones6:16
11."China Gate" (reprise)Harold Adamson, Victor Young0:31
12."Utopia Pkwy."Glenn Jones6:51

Personnel

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Cul de Sac
Production and additional personnel
  • Cul de Sac – production
  • Nancy Given – design
  • Bill Salkin – engineering
  • Walter Stickle – engineering
  • Jon Williams – production, engineering

References

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  1. ^ Buckley, Peter (March 8, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "China Gate". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  3. ^ columnist (June 1996). "China Gate". Alternative Press: 75.
  4. ^ Gordon, Jade (Jun 8, 1996). "Albums — China Gate by Cul-de-Sac". Melody Maker. 73 (23): 49.
  5. ^ Hacker, Scot (Sep 1996). "Music — China Gate by Cul De Sac". Utne Reader (77): 100.
  6. ^ "Cul de Sac interview- Perfect Sound Forever". www.furious.com.
  7. ^ Rompers, Terry (2007). "Cul de Sac". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  8. ^ Sprague, David (Jun 27, 1996). "China Gate". Rolling Stone. No. 737. p. 59.
  9. ^ "The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums". pastemagazine.com. December 18, 2016.
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