Track Listing

1. Hallway
2. Poodle Rockin'
3. She Lives On A Mountain
4. Drws
5. Over And Out
6. Don't You Worry
7. Faraway Eyes
8. Fool
9. Hair Like Monkey
10. Spanish Dance Troupe
11. Desolation Blues
12. Murder Ballad
13. Freckles
14. Christmas Eve
15. Humming Song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33669 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-04
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
For too long, every Gorky's album was heralded by an expectant British press as the one that would finally break this fresh-faced band of proto-mediaeval avant-garde prog-folk outsiders to a mainstream audience. Not to be, though--Spanish Dance Troupe is a come-back album from the wilderness, after Gorky's were unceremoniously dumped by their major label paymasters Mercury. Spanish Dance Troupe is yet another wonderful album, of course--we'd hardly expect anything other from Gorky's. Safe to say, though, that the Top 40 won't be unduly troubled by "Poodle Rockin'", which sounds like Madness being kidnapped by a truckload of Cossacks. Nor, for that matter, should radio DJs be unduly tempted to spin tracks like the Dadaist pantomime of "Hair Like Monkey, Teeth Like Dog". But that's the great thing about Gorky's Zygotic Mynci--they're a living, breathing alternative to, well, pretty much everything, actually. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

A classic from one of the best unknown bands in the world
my friend reccommended this CD to me and i was surprised how good it was. It's a beautiful mainly acoustic driven indie/folk rock record with unbelievable melodies and gorgeous music. Their sound cane be related to bands like coldplay, murry the hump and the Beatles. Their lyrics are thoughtful and every track is class, even though 2 are eccentric to say the least (poodle rockin and hair like monkey teeth like dog). Other standout tracks are the humming song, over and out an desolation blues. I reccommend this to everyone who likes mellow indie or rock. Its a crime they havent had a hit.

they do it again
This probably isnt their best album, but like other reviewers Im left wondering how this band keeps coming up with these amazing melodies, and rare precious moments of acounstic beauty. Murder Balland, Over & Out, Desolation Blues & the title track are all splendid examples of their very unique sound, which at the same time seems comfotingly familiar. This album is further proof that Gorky's are building their own musical universe, which seems blissfuly unaware of anyone else. their sound exists somewhere in the head of a small boy wandering about a pembrokeshire beach collecting pebbles. One question has to be asked - why are so many of their previous albums unavailable??? this must be corrected.

My mind was a mess before you brought happiness
How do they keep doing it? What rare talent do Gorky's possess that enables them to keep producing works of such glorious quality? How can they remain so ludicrously unappreciated?

Spanish Dance Troupe sees Gorky's free from the major label trappings that Gorky 5 suggested to be creatively stifling them, and back to producing the kind of work we know they're capable of, and love them for. The title track and Poodle Rockin', the two typically off-kilt single releases, illustrate perfectly what they've always been about - the carefree innocence and exuberance of youth - but you can detect a growing maturity in tracks like Desolation Blues and The Humming Song that can only stand them in good stead for the future.

Anyone curious to find out more about one of music's best-kept secrets should take the plunge NOW. Buy this LP. Hell, buy all their LPs - Gorky's rule.