Fork Songs

Tall Dwarfs - Fork Songs

01/01/1992 | Cloud Recordings 

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All Music Guide Review

The acclaimed duo of Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate's 1980s output on the Flying Nun label was profoundly influential on a generation of lo-fi music. Their influence can be traced in the music of Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Smog, and others working with intimate and primitive songcraft. Legendary home recorders, Fork Songs continues to expand their self-built universe and deepen their songwriting partnership. Fearless assemblages of noisy loops, primitive guitars, and household objects are the instruments favored, and the ease with which they sculpt oblique elements into delicate upbeat songs is stunning. Like the Television Personalities, their low-tech methods prove that great songs will transcend recording methods, and Fork Songs is only another crucial chapter in the book of musical invention that the New Zealand duo wrote. ~ Martin Walters, All Music Guide

Fork Songs Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Dare to Tread
  • 4:41
  • Sound Clip for Dare to Tread from Fork Songs


  • 2
  • We Bleed Love
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for We Bleed Love from Fork Songs


  • 3
  • Wings
  • 1:56
  • Sound Clip for Wings from Fork Songs


  • 4
  • Skirl
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for Skirl from Fork Songs


  • 5
  • Thought Disorder
  • 4:08
  • Sound Clip for Thought Disorder from Fork Songs


  • 6
  • Small Talk
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for Small Talk from Fork Songs


  • 7
  • Lowlands
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Lowlands from Fork Songs


  • 8
  • Life Is Strange
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Life Is Strange from Fork Songs


  • 9
  • Daddy
  • 3:44
  • Sound Clip for Daddy from Fork Songs


  • 10
  • All Is Fine
  • 3:32
  • Sound Clip for All Is Fine from Fork Songs


  • 11
  • Two Humans
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for Two Humans from Fork Songs


  • 12
  • Oatmeal
  • 1:46
  • Sound Clip for Oatmeal from Fork Songs


  • 13
  • Boys
  • 5:15
  • Sound Clip for Boys from Fork Songs


  • 14
  • Think Small
  • 3:12
  • Sound Clip for Think Small from Fork Songs


  • 15
  • Lurlene Bayliss (*)
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for Lurlene Bayliss (*) from Fork Songs


  • 16
  • Waltz of the Good Husband (*)
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Waltz of the Good Husband (*) from Fork Songs


  • 17
  • The Slide (*)
  • 3:47
  • Sound Clip for The Slide (*) from Fork Songs


  • 18
  • Cant (*)
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Cant (*) from Fork Songs


  • 19
  • Dog (*)
  • 4:51
  • Sound Clip for Dog (*) from Fork Songs


  • 20
  • Missed Again (*)
  • 1:56
  • Sound Clip for Missed Again (*) from Fork Songs


    • Credits of Fork Songs

    • Chris Knox
    • Organ, Dulcimer, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums, Maracas, Tambourine, Vocals (Background), Piano Effects, Casio, Loop, Cover Design, Omnichord, Slide Guitar, Mellotron, Producer, Handclapping, Vocals, Recorder, Guitar (Electric), Accordion
    • Alec Bathgate
    • Organ, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Guitar (Nylon String), Images, Slide Guitar, Producer, Handclapping, Guitar (12 String), Vocals, Piano, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic)

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