Look Inside the Asylum Choir

Look Inside the Asylum Choir
Studio album by Asylum Choir
Released 1968
Genre Rock
Label Smash
Producer Leon Russell, Marc Benno
Leon Russell chronology
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Look Inside is the 1968 debut album by Asylum Choir, a studio group consisting of the session musicians Leon Russell and Marc Benno.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Village VoiceB[3]

The album was issued by Smash Records in 1968 with catalogue number SRS 67107[4] (stereo edition). The original Smash label on the vinyl designates the name of the album as "Look Inside The Asylum Choir" by the Asylum Choir, although the album cover titling suggests that it is entitled simply "Look Inside." The original gatefold cover featured an image of a roll of toilet paper. The image created sufficient controversy that Smash records reissued the album with a cover featuring a portrait of Russell and Benno.[5]

Look Inside the Asylum Choir received positive reviews from critics in 1968, but sold poorly. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote in 1970 after its re-release that it "more or less" deserved such a reception, deeming it "a nice record to write reviews about: strong studio work with a heavy Zappa flavor, quality of satire ditto".[3]

Track listing

All songs by Leon Russell and Marc Benno; except where indicated

  1. "Welcome to Hollywood" – 2:35
  2. "Soul Food" (Russell, Benno, Bill Boatman, James Markham) – 2:05
  3. "Icicle Star Tree" (Russell, Benno, Wally Wilson) – 2:55
  4. "Death of the Flowers" (Russell, Benno, Greg Dempsey) – 2:08
  5. "Indian Style" – 3:30
  6. "Medley: N.Y. Op./Land of Dog/Henri The Clown" – 6:07
  7. "Thieves in the Choir" (Russell, Benno, Jerry Riopelle) – 4:04
  8. "Black Sheep Boogaloo" – 2:29

References

  1. ↑ "Look Inside the Asylum Choir - The Asylum Choir - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.), Volume 1. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 285. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (May 28, 1970). "Consumer Guide (10)". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Look Inside the Asylum Choir - The Asylum Choir - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "the Asylum Choir ~ 1968 ~ Look Inside the Asylum Choir - Oldish Psych and Prog". Oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.


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