Chair Beside a Window
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Chair Beside a Window is the fourth album by avant-
folk/
blues singer/songwriter Jandek
, and Corwood Industries
' first release of 1982 (#742).
It is the first Jandek album to feature a female vocalist, most likely named Nancy (the song is called "Nancy Sings"); in a letter to Irwin Chusid
, Nancy is described as playing an "unaggressive drum stint," and the other female vocalist is referred to as "Nancy's sister Pat."
It is also the first album to reprise the song "European Jewel" after its "incomplete" version abruptly ended Jandek's debut album
four years prior.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
folk/
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
blues singer/songwriter Jandek
Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an anonymous outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical...
, and Corwood Industries
Corwood Industries
Corwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
' first release of 1982 (#742).
It is the first Jandek album to feature a female vocalist, most likely named Nancy (the song is called "Nancy Sings"); in a letter to Irwin Chusid
Irwin Chusid
Irwin Chusid is a journalist, music historian, radio personality and self-described "landmark preservationist." His stated mission has been to "find things on the scrapheap of history that I know don't belong there and salvage them." Those "things" have included such previously overlooked but...
, Nancy is described as playing an "unaggressive drum stint," and the other female vocalist is referred to as "Nancy's sister Pat."
It is also the first album to reprise the song "European Jewel" after its "incomplete" version abruptly ended Jandek's debut album
Ready for the House
Ready for the House is the debut album by Jandek, and was released in 1978 by his own Corwood Industries label, with the catalog number #0739. The artist has said in letters that the number was meaningless. Corwood Industries reissued the album three times on CD, first in 1999, then sometime in the...
four years prior.
Track listing
- Down in a Mirror – 4:33
- European Jewel – 4:34
- Unconditional Authority – 3:49
- Poor Boy – 2:55
- You Think You Know How to Score – 2:30
- Nancy Sings – 2:55
- No Break – 3:16
- Mostly All From You – 3:03
- Blue Blister – 2:24
- The Times – 3:27
- Love, Love – 4:19
- The First End – 4:42