Living in a Moon So Blue

Living in a Moon so Blue is the fifth Jandek album, and was issued as Corwood 0743 in 1982. It was reissued on CD in 2001.

Living in a Moon So Blue
Studio album by
Jandek
Released1982
GenreFolk, blues, outsider
Length43:15
LabelCorwood Industries
ProducerCorwood Industries
Jandek chronology
Chair Beside a Window
(1982)		 Living in a Moon So Blue
(1982)		 Staring at the Cellophane
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
OP Magazine, Issue S(unfavorable) [2]
OP Magazine, Issue T(favorable) [3]
Forced Exposure(favorable) [4]

Overview

Living in a Moon so Blue is an album that's very hard to separate from its near-counterpart, Staring at the Cellophane. Both albums feature the same parlor guitar on the cover (just from slightly different views) and the contents are remarkably similar, with Jandek delving further into the deep, anarchic blues while putting aside - for now - the female vocals and any instruments besides guitar, vocals and harmonica.

The albums are also distinguished by lean, blues-flavored songs with minimal lyrics, though these lyrics can run from brutal to humorously baffling ("Please don't push any buttons on this machine/On what machine?/Wet paint/Keep out" form the entirety of "Bludgeon," for instance). The music itself runs from fast, rhythmic blues pounded out on the oddly-tuned strings to slow, picked ballads. The vocals are at times otherworldly, at times visceral, and at times barely there at all.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gretchen"2:48
2."One Step Ahead"2:12
3."Suppression"2:10
4."Strange Phenomenon"3:11
5."You Can Stop Now"2:20
6."Comedy"1:52
7."Sailors"1:46
8."Bludgeon"1:47
9."All in an Apple Orchard"2:32
10."She Fell Down"3:26
11."Professional"2:26
12."Anticipation"2:35
13."Alexandria Knows"2:32
14."Quite Nonchalant"2:15
15."Relief of the Night"3:19
16."Crime Pays"2:56
Total length:43:15

References
  1. Allmusic
  2. OP Magazine, Issue S
  3. OP Magazine, Issue T
  4. Forced Exposure
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