Social Studies (Carla Bley album)

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Social Studies
File:Social Studies (Carla Bley album).jpg
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released 1981
Recorded September–December 1980
Genre Jazz
Length 41:16
Label Watt/ECM
Producer Carla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
Musique Mecanique
(1978)Musique Mecanique1978		 Social Studies
(1980)		 Live!
(1981)Live!1981

Social Studies is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Bley's risk-taking serves her quite well on Social Studies, an unorthodox and adventurous pearl that is as rewarding as it is cerebral".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating "Social Studies shouldn't be missed: a bookish cover masks some wonderfully wry music".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz 3/4 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except as indicated
  1. "Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts)" (Carla Bley, Steve Swallow) - 12:54
  2. "Copyright Royalties" - 6:45
  3. "Útviklingssang" - 6:31
  4. "Valse Sinistre" - 4:56
  5. "Floater" - 5:56
  6. "Walking Batteriewoman" - 4:24
  • Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in September–December 1980.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed August 3, 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 2010
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