''The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton'' an album by

Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...

and Lucy Hamilton. It was released in 1985 through Widowspeak. It is the soundtrack to the

Richard Kern Richard Kern (born 1954) is an American underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films like ...

film ''The Right Side of My Brain''.

Content

Trouser Press ''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...

'' wrote that the album "consists of eerie instrumentals orchestrated with piano, honking bass clarinet ..and guitars that sound like they're being played with ice picks and hedge clippers."

Reception

''Trouser Press'' described it as "something rather different for Lunch, and less like background music than most soundtracks." ''The Rough Guide to Rock'' called the album "an eerie and twisted instrumental tribute to film noir."

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians * Lucy Hamilton –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, bass clarinet *

– guitar,

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 ...

;Production and additional personnel *

Steve McAllister Steve McAllister is a long-time Canadian sports media and communications expert. He currently is the Editor-In-Chief of The Parleh, a weekly newsletter on sports betting owned by Parleh Media Group Inc., and writes a weekly column on sports betting ...

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engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann is a drummer, electronic musician and record producer who has worked in genres ranging from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first came to attention with the New York City no wave band Swans and later col ...

– engineering *

Marcia Resnick Marcia Resnick (born 21 November 1950) is an American photographer, author, and graphic artist. She was born and lives in New York City. Publications and exhibitions Resnick's book of photographs and text, ''Punks, Poets, and Provocateurs:New Yo ...

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photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

*Patrick Roques –

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

J.G. Thirlwell James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960), also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles. ...

– engineering

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drowning of Lucy Hamilton 1985 albums Albums produced by JG Thirlwell Lydia Lunch albums