1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad

Infobox Album |
Name = 1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad
Type = Album
Artist = The Music Tapes


Released = July 6, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock, Experimental, Fuzz-folk
Length = 41:39
Label = Merge Records
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9d0yl22xpbb link]
*Pitchfork Media (2.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20129-1st-imaginary-symphony-for-nomad link]
Last album =
This album = "1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad"
(1999)
Next album = "2nd Imaginary Symphony For Cloudmaking"
(2002)

"1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad" was an album released by The Music Tapes, a project consisting mainly of Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster in 1999 by Merge Records. It was recorded mainly on vintage equipment, using equipment such as a 1895 Edison wax cylinder recorder, a 1940's wire recorder, a "state of the art hard drive", and reel to reel tape recorders, hence its lo-fi sound. A partial concept record, among its themes the power of television, and the death of 1950's actor George Reeves, who played the hero Superman and whom Koster was entranced with as a child. The album took over 4 years to assemble, being recorded mainly at the home of the Grandmother of Music Tapes and Koster's own home. The album mixed straightforward pop songs with collage, musique concrete and traditional storytelling.

Track listing

#"Song For Soon To Be Sailor" – 2:16
#"1st Imaginary Symphony By Vacuum Cleaner" – 1:00
#"Song Of The Nomad Lost" – 2:34
#"Pulled Out To Sea" – 1:34
#"March Of The Father Fists" – 2:35
#"Nomad Tell Us" – 3:10
#"Aliens" – 2:32
#"Song Of Two Castles" – 0:55
#"What The Single Made The Needle Sing" – 4:02
#"The Clapping Hands" – 4:12
#"Sea's Song For Sailor" – 0:33
#"The Television Tells Us" – 4:34
#"An Orchestration's Overture" – 1:53
#"Song For The Death Of Parents" – 4:02
#"A Warning!" – 1:30
#"Fanfare For Speeding Bullet" – 2:13
#"Wishing Well At Caper's End" – 2:04