''Monster Walks the Winter Lake'' is the fourth studio album by

experimental An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when ...

singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by

Twin/Tone Records Twin/Tone Records was an independent record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1977 until 1994. It was the original home of influential Minnesota bands the Replacements and Soul Asylum and was instrumental in helping the T ...

. In 1997, the album was

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ed by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the ''

Monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

'' anthology box set.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Monster Walks the Winter Lake'' liner notes. ;The Wooden Birds *

Daved Hild Daved Hild (born in 1951) is an American drummer, accordionist and singer-songwriter. He is perhaps best recognized for his collaborations with David Thomas and Kramer. History In the late seventies, while studying art history at the Museu ...

– percussion (1, 2, 9), backing vocals (2, 9),

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

(3) *

Tony Maimone Tony Maimone (born September 27, 1952) is a bassist, producer, and recording engineer, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss. The duo were dubbe ...

– bass guitar, drums (5, 8), piano (5),

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(5) *

Allen Ravenstine Allen Ravenstine (born May 9, 1950) is an American keyboard player, most recognized for his work in the experimental rock group Pere Ubu. In 1991, he quit music to become a commercial airline pilot. History Early years Allen Ravenstine was ...

– EML synthesizer * David Thomas – lead vocals, accordion (2, 3, 5–7, 9) * Garo Yellin – cello (1–3, 9) ;Additional musicians * Roz Ilett –

(4) ;Production and additional personnel * Paul Hamann – production,

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, mixing, editing * John Thompson –

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* Marshall J. Wolf – design

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control David Thomas (musician) albums 1986 albums Rough Trade Records albums Twin/Tone Records albums