''Glyptothek'' is an album by Scottish musician

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. It was released on 5 December 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by

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Background

''Glyptothek'' was recorded in

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, Japan. Momus began making songs for the album by working with samples from his extensive collection of old Japanese folk music. The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger. His previous album ''

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'' was published in the same year. Songs from ''Glyptothek'' and from other

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s albums ''

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'', and ''

'' were recollected in the Cherry Red Records anthology ''Pubic Intellectual''.

Themes

Song topics include befriending and naming a cockroach "Gregor," famous statues coming to life and taking nude

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s, fingerless chefs, and his penis.

Reception

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''s Dave DiMartino ranked ''Glyptothek'' sixth on his list "Best Albums of 2015." ''Now Then''s Zachary Freeman described the album as "combined samples of Japanese shamisen 45 records with disparate synthesisers and abrasive guitars." ''Zitty''s Thorsten Glotzmann commented on the album's composition stating "flutes, lute and drumming samples ..clearly sound like Japan." '' Frontiers''s Dominik Rothbard reviewed the album favorably with "''Glyptothek'' is at once hilarious, heartbreaking and a bit scary, but sadly, it's not likely to drag him out of obscurity." ''Bashooka''s Henri Wijaya put it on the list "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs."

Track listing

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2015 albums Momus (musician) albums