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Old 02-15-2009, 02:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
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One which instantly comes to mind for me is the Sorrowful Wife off Nick Cave's No More Shall We Part. The rest of the album just has that really mellow and smooth feel, as does the song. About 3/4 of the way through it just explodes into this really loud barrage of noise that continues 'til the song fades out. Really took me by surprise when I first heard it.

Another one would be Seen and Not Seen on Remain In Light by the Talking Heads. Just a pretty strange spoken word vocal, kinda takes the album in that more avante-garde direction it goes down towards the climax.
Another Eno doing. Side A is crazy polyrythms and side B is ominous, avant-garde.
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