''Music from The Body'' is the

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to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film ''

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'', about human biology, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and

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History

The music was composed in collaboration between

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member

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and Ron Geesin, the same year they worked together on ''

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'' and employs

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, including sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering,

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, 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

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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

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does exist of the full version. The cover of the album features a Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM).Transparent Women
Retrieved 2011-06-23. Waters did not release another album outside of Pink Floyd until 1984's '' The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking''.

Track listing

All songs written by Ron Geesin, 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

– bass guitar, vocals,

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, tape effects, vocalizations * Ron Geesin – electric and acoustic guitars,

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, harmonium, piano,

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, tape effects, vocalizations *

– electric guitar (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited *

–

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(on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited * Richard Wright – Hammond organ (on "Give Birth to a Smile"), uncredited *

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– 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