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Flapjacks from the Sky

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{{Infobox album

| name = Flapjacks from the Sky

| type = studio

| artist = Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams

| cover = GandalfMurphy-FlapjacksFromTheSky.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2004}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Sleepy Hollow Studios

| genre = Folk rock, psychedelia

| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=23}} (Disc 1)
{{Duration|m=53|s=25}} (Disc 2)

| label = High Noon

| producer = {{flatlist|

| prev_title = Live at the Towne Crier

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = A Night at the Puppet House

| next_year = 2004

}}

Flapjacks from the Sky is the second studio album by American folk rock group Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams released on High Noon Records in 2004.{{cite web|last=Jurek|first=Thom|title=Flapjacks from the Sky|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flapjacks-from-the-sky-mw0000317131|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=27 December 2013}}{{cite web|title=Flapjacks From The Sky|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Flapjacks-From-The-Gandalf-Murphy/dp/B0009U81NY|accessdate=27 December 2013}}{{cite web|title=Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams– Flapjacks From The Sky|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gandalf-Murphy-And-The-Slambovian-Circus-Of-Dreams-Flapjacks-From-The-Sky/release/1651618|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=27 December 2013}}{{cite web|title=Bio - Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams|url=http://www.slambovia.com/bio.html|publisher=slambovia.com|accessdate=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228155828/http://www.slambovia.com/bio.html|archive-date=28 December 2013|url-status=dead}}

Recording and production

The album was recorded at Sleepy Hollow Studios in New York City and produced by band members Sharkey McEwen and Joziah Longo. McEwen also performed the engineering, mixing and mastering.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Flapjacks from the Sky|others=Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams|year=2004|type=Liner notes}} The band started recording the album in late 2001.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/from-gig-to-gig-a-band-draws-loyal-local-fans.html|title=From Gig to Gig, a Band Draws Loyal, Local Fans|last=Staudter|first=Thomas|date=April 18, 2004|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

}}

Soon after its release, radio exposure for the album was nearly nationwide in the United States.

Thom Jurek of AllMusic called the album sophisticated, mature, poetic, and funny in a tasteful, nonzany—or obvious—way. He said that despite the album's length, "time flies by" while listening to it. Jurek praised Joziah Longo's songwriting as superior to that of Tom Petty whose voice his resembles. He also lauded Sharkey McEwen as "a bloody natural lead guitarist who never overplays". Jurek called Tink Lloyd, who plays cello, piccolo, flute and accordion, a "musician's musician".{{AllMusic|last=Jurek|first=Thom|class=album|id=flapjacks-from-the-sky-mw0000317131|label=Flapjacks from the Sky|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}

Track listing

All songs written by Joziah Longo.

=Disc one=

  1. "Rocket" – 3:26
  2. "Sunday in the Rain" – 4:41
  3. "Kiss from Eve" – 3:24
  4. "Moondog House" – 3:42
  5. "Baby Jane" – 5:26
  6. "I Wish" – 2:45
  7. "Better Life" – 3:30
  8. "Living with God" – 3:47
  9. "Talkin' to the Buddha" – 9:43
  10. "Big Eight Wheeler" – 5:54

=Disc two=

  1. "Jump-Rope" – 3:42
  2. "Bike" – 5:20
  3. "Glide" – 4:06
  4. "Gonna Get Up" – 1:53
  5. "In Her Own World" – 4:16
  6. "Sullivan Lane" – 4:29
  7. "Look Ma No Hands" – 4:15
  8. "Fumes" – 4:56
  9. "Call to the Mystic" – 6:00
  10. "Flapjacks from the Sky" – 7:11
  11. "Nighttime (Ancient Murphy Bonus Track)" – 4:50
  12. "The Yodel Song" (hidden track) - 2:21

Personnel

=Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams=

=Guest artists=

  • Alistair Farrant – organ, piano, harpsichord (on "Look Ma No Hands", "Fumes" and "Flapjacks from the Sky")
  • Kolson Pickard – cornet (on "Call to the Mystic")
  • Bob Muller – drums (on "Nighttime")

References

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Category:2004 albums

Category:Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams albums