Big Men Cry, by Banco de Gaia

Big Men Cry

by Banco de Gaia

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1.	Drippy 08:56	buy track
2.	Celestine 12:37	buy track
3.	Drunk as a Monk 09:26	buy track
4.	Big Men Cry 06:09	buy track
5.	Gates Does Windows 00:36	buy track
6.	One Billion Miles Out 10:36	buy track
7.	Starstation Earth 19:37	buy track
8.	Drunk as a Monk (Rabbit in the Moon Remix) 09:04
9.	Drippy (Deeply Dipped Remix) 07:27
10.	Celestine (Live) 11:49

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Big Men Cry is considered by some to be the undiscovered masterpiece of the Banco de Gaia catalogue and its return is both long overdue and highly anticipated.

The album’s original release was surrounded by chaos, due to myriad problems at the label (which soon after went bankrupt). As a result, despite getting airplay from Pete Tong and Annie Nightingale on Radio One, amongst many others, Big Men Cry never really broke through like it’s predecessors, Maya and Last Train to Lhasa.

Which is a shame, as the album contains plenty of stellar moments, and was described as both “the perfect soundtrack to a little candle-lit bath time fun”(Big Issue) and as if “Pink Floyd had invested Dark Side Of The Moon with just one ounce of dub”(Muzik)! Raindrops, ethnic wails and pounding beats sit alongside bagpipes (Drunk as a Monk) and violins (Big Men Cry) while Dick Parry from Pink Floyd adds his trademark saxophone sound to Celestine. Fans of the film Pi may also recognise the track Drippy which featured in it.

credits

released July 7, 1997

Written by Toby Marks
Recorded at World Bank.
Produced by Rob Risso and Toby Marks
Mastered at The Exchange.

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Birmingham, UK
Feb 12

Shankra

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