''Staring at the Cellophane'' is the sixth

Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biographical information, releasing on a self-made lab ...

album, and his third of 1982. It was released as Corwood 0744. It was reissued on CD in 2001. The cover image appears to be the same picture taken for his previous album, ''

Living in a Moon So Blue ''Living in a Moon so Blue'' is the fifth Jandek album, and was issued as Corwood 0743 in 1982. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Overview ''Living in a Moon so Blue'' is an album that's very hard to separate from its near-counterpart, ''Starin ...

'', only from a different angle. This album finds the artist using the technique of repeated lyrics more frequently than before, with songs like "Sand I" ("You're stuck in the sand/Go home"), "I See Lights" ("I see red lights/I see green lights"), and "Michael", whose lyrics "Michael, Michael, where are you now" would be copped by the band Red House Painters ten years later in their song of the same name.

Track listing

External links

Seth Tisue's ''Staring at the Cellophane'' review
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