Are You Shpongled?

Infobox Album | Name = Are You Shpongled?
Type = Album
Artist = Shpongle

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Released = January 25 1999
Recorded =
Genre = World music
Psybient
Length = 77:58
Label = Twisted Records flagicon|UK

Kinetic/BMG Records flagicon|USA
Producer = Shpongle
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6h9yxdgb1oly link]
Last album =
This album = "Are You Shpongled?"
(1999)
Next album = "Tales of the Inexpressible"
(2001)|

"Are You Shpongled?" is the first of three albums released by Shpongle. This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.

Track listing

#"Shpongle Falls" – 8:33
#"Monster Hit" – 8:57
#"Vapour Rumours" – 10:26
#"Shpongle Spores" – 7:16
#"Behind Closed Eyelids" – 12:29
#"Divine Moments of Truth" – 10:20
#"...and the Day Turned to Night" – 19:57

Miscellanea

* The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
*"Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
* The "It was like a gigantic creature, that kept changing shape" sampled used in "Divine Moments of Truth" is Raja Ram describing DMT
* The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s "The Outer Limits" series' "Second Soul" episode.
* The track "...And the Day Turned to Night" was believed to have been sparked from Raja Ram witnessing a solar eclipse in India.
* "...And the Day Turned to Night" would later be remixed by Eat Static on the remix album.
* "Divine Moments of Truth" has its own single which includes an instrumental remix and a Russian bootleg version. This is actually the track itself.

External links

* http://www.discogs.com/release/27195