Nights at the Circus (album)
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Nights at the Circus is the debut album
by British electronic
singer Bishi
. It was released by Gryphon Records on 12 November 2007. The album's title was inspired by the Angela Carter
novel of the same name
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by British electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
singer Bishi
Bishnu Priya
Bishi, born Bishnu Priya is a British singer, musician and DJ. She is a London-based multi-instrumentalist strongly influenced by annual visits to the Ravi Shankar School in Delhi...
. It was released by Gryphon Records on 12 November 2007. The album's title was inspired by the Angela Carter
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...
novel of the same name
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1984 and that year's winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. The novel focuses on the life and exploits of Fevvers, a woman who is – or so she would have people believe – a Cockney virgin, hatched from an egg...
.
Track listing
- "Nights at the Circus" – 3:57
- "Magus" – 3:28
- "I Am You" – 4:13
- "The Swan" – 3:32
- "Grandmother's Floor" – 2:38
- "Never Seen Your Face" – 4:26
- "Nightbus" – 2:58
- "After the Party" – 3:20
- "Vicious Stories" – 4:37
- "Broken Creatures" – 3:28
- "On My Own Again" – 3:50
- "Namaste" – 4:48