Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-77821
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 39:27
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 277 Mb
Described
as a loose concept album, The Serpent Is Rising contains a number of
sexual innuendos. The baroque prog "The Grove of Eglantine" (written by
DeYoung) was about a woman's vagina. It has some harpsichord and
accordion, to give a British/European sound.
The proggish title track
was written by John Curulewski, is about the serpent beginning to rise.
Musically, it has some King Crimson influence especially on their debut
album.
The screaming spoken word "Krakatoa" by Curulewski was named
for the volcano event of the same name in 1883. It features an ending
glissando which was taken from a Beaver and Krause track called "Spaced"
in 1970, for which they were credited on the album.
The acoustic
bluesy track "As Bad as This" by Curulewski has a hidden track called
"Don't Sit Down on the Plexiglas Toilet" which is a calypso humor about a
boy who is sitting on a Plexiglas toilet and having problems. The track
features only Curulewski and the Panozzo brothers. The song was played
on the Dr. Demento radio show and "Weird Al" Yankovic supposedly loved
it.
The album also includes James Young rockers "Witch Wolf" and
"Young Man", the upbeat "Winner Take All" (written by DeYoung and sung
by Young) and the boogie-woogie track "22 Years" (written by Curulewski
but sung as a duet by DeYoung and Young); the outro for that track
features the producer and president of Wooden Nickel records Bill Traut
on saxophone.
The prog rocker "Jonas Psalter" was written by DeYoung
and sung by Young. Lyrically, it was about pirates. Musically, it has
elements of the contemporary sound of Yes, and also featured a Moog
synthesizer.
The album finished with Handel's Hallelujah classical
piece, features all the band members singing and DeYoung played a pipe
organ on cathedral in Chicago.
Styx considers The Serpent Is Rising
to be their worst recording. Dennis DeYoung is indirectly quoted as
saying it was "one of the worst recorded and produced in the history of
music."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent_Is_Rising)
01. Witch Wolf (04:00)
02. The Grove Of Eglantine (05:01)
03. Young Man (04:47)
04. As Bad As This (06:09)
05. Winner Take All (03:06)
06. 22 Years (03:41)
07. Jonas Psalter (04:42)
08. The Serpent Is Rising (04:52)
09. Krakatoa (01:35)
10. Hallelujah Chorus (01:31)
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