''Music from The Body'' is the soundtrack album to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film '' The Body'', about

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, narrated by

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and

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History

The music was composed in collaboration between Pink Floyd member Roger Waters and

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, the same year they worked together on '' Atom Heart Mother'' and employs biomusic, including sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering, flatulence, etc.), in addition to more traditional guitar, piano and stringed instruments. The album's final track, "Give Birth to a Smile", features all four members of Pink Floyd, plus Geesin on piano, although David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are uncredited. The child heard on opening track is Ron's son Joe Geesin. The LP features a different track listing from the original film soundtrack, and a 3 sided acetate does exist of the full version. The cover of the album features a

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Retrieved 2011-06-23. Waters did not release another album outside of Pink Floyd until 1984's ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted: Side One #"Our Song" (Geesin/Waters) – 1:24 #"Sea Shell and Stone" (Waters) – 2:17 #"Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11 #"A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19 #"Lick Your Partners" – 0:35 #"Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35 #"Chain of Life" (Waters) – 3:59 #"The Womb Bit" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:06 #"Embryo Thought" – 0:39 #"March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08 #"More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03 #"Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04 Side Two #"Body Transport" (Geesin/Waters) – 3:16 #"Hand Dance — Full Evening Dress" – 1:01 #"Breathe" (Waters) – 2:53 #"Old Folks Ascension" – 3:47 #"Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" – 2:02 #"Piddle in Perspex" – 0:57 #"Embryonic Womb-Walk" – 1:14 #"Mrs. Throat Goes Walking" – 2:05 #"Sea Shell and Soft Stone" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:05 #"Give Birth to a Smile" (Waters) – 2:49

Personnel

* Roger Waters –

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, vocals, acoustic guitar, tape effects, vocalizations *

–

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and acoustic guitars, Hammond organ,

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, banjo, mandolin, tape effects, vocalizations * David Gilmour – electric guitar (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited * Nick Mason – drums (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited * Richard Wright – Hammond organ (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited * Hafliði Hallgrímsson – cello, uncredited

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Music From The Body Albums produced by Roger Waters Roger Waters albums 1970 soundtrack albums Pink Floyd Harvest Records soundtracks Albums produced by Ron Geesin Documentary film soundtracks