A Sucked Orange
Nurse With Wound · 1990
50 min · 29 tracks · experimental music
An eclectic collage of sound that merges absurdist humor with experimental music, challenging conventional listening experiences.
Top tracks — play these first
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It's All Gone Weird — This track encapsulates the album's surreal aesthetic, presenting a brief but jarring auditory experience that blurs the line between discomfort and intrigue.
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Musical Bovine Spongiform (The Mad Cow Two-Step) — With its playful title and chaotic structure, this track embodies the album's whimsical yet unsettling approach to sound manipulation.
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Rockette Morton Part One — This piece stands out for its extended duration relative to other tracks, allowing for a deeper exploration of sonic textures and themes present throughout the album.
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Dream of a Butterfly Inside the Skull of a Horse — The title suggests a vivid imagery that aligns with the album's experimental ethos, offering listeners a moment of introspective contemplation amid chaos.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- wave-like pacing with peaks
- absurdist snippets that surprise
- short tracks for quick shifts
- experimental chaos for curious minds
- engaging soundscapes for focus
Maybe skip if you
- seeking traditional song structures
- prefer straightforward listening experiences
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Experimental — The album continues the band's avant-garde experimentation, challenging conventional sound.
- Career context
- By the time 'A Sucked Orange' was released in 1990, Nurse With Wound had already established a reputation for avant-garde experimentation. This album followed their influential works like 'Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and Umbrella', showcasing their continued exploration of soundscapes and unconventional structures during a prolific period in their career.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Current 93· Throbbing Gristle· Merzbow
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Pleasant Banjo Intro With Irritating Squeak 0:43
- 2 It's All Gone Weird 0:42
- 3 Spiral Theme 2:02
- 4 Man Is the Animal 0:45
- 5 A Precise History of Industrial Music 0:41
- 6 Raymonde Fluffs It 0:05
- 7 Musical Bovine Spongiform (The Mad Cow Two-Step) 1:40
- 8 I'm a Frayed Knot 4:14
- 9 Sinan Sings for Her Chums 1:41
- 10 It Just Ain't So 1:10
- 11 Nasal Hair 1:49
- 12 Rockette Morton Part One 4:13
- 13 Rockette Morton Part Two 3:11
- 14 Dogs Breath Rising 0:51
- 15 This Piano Can't Think 1:20
- 16 Crack Up 1:50
- 17 Scissor Rock Bicycle Revelation 2:24
- 18 Dream of a Butterfly Inside the Skull of a Horse 1:22
- 19 Raymonde Cries a River 1:26
- 20 Fade/Crack Down 1:32
- 21 Ritva Sings for the World 2:36
- 22 Peccadillo 1:38
- 23 Great - God - Father - Nieces 2:04
- 24 It Just Ain't So (Slight Return) 0:27
- 25 A Little Missing Part of 'Homotopy to Marie' 1:36
- 26 S.B.B. Dragged Through a Hedge Backwards 2:23
- 27 Scrapie 1:11
- 28 Flea Bite 1:45
- 29 Scrambled Egg Rebellion in the Smegma Department 2:42
What to play next
Caught From Behind
1990
This album continues the experimental sound with a fresh perspective, enhancing the eclectic feel.
The Sisters of Pataphysics
1989
It leads into 'A Sucked Orange' with a similar blend of absurdity and experimental textures.
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