Monster Walks the Winter Lake

{{Infobox album

| name = Monster Walks the Winter Lake

| type = Album

| artist = David Thomas
& The Wooden Birds

| cover = David Thomas - Monster Walks the Winter Lake.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1986|3}}

| recorded = November 18–21, 1985

| venue =

| studio = Suma Recording
{{small|(Painesville, OH)}}

| genre = Art rock, experimental rock

| length = 35:58

| label = Twin/Tone

| producer = Paul Hamann

| chronology = David Thomas

| prev_title = More Places Forever

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Blame the Messenger

| next_year = 1987

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Rick |last=Anderson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000860580|pure_url=yes}}|title=David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake > Review |website=AllMusic |accessdate=July 1, 2016}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2Score = B{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3915&name=David+Thomas+and+the+Wooden+Birds |title=David Thomas |publisher=Robert Christgau.com |date= |accessdate=July 1, 2016}}

}}

Monster Walks the Winter Lake is the fourth studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by Twin/Tone Records.{{cite magazine |first1=Steven |last1=Grant |first2=David |last2=Sheridan |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=david_thomas |title=David Thomas |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 1, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=McKenna |first1=Kristine |title=David Thomas Stones Rock Rituals |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 Mar 1986 |department=Calendar |page=3}} In 1997, the album was remastered by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| headline = Side one

| all_lyrics = David Thomas

| title1 = My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude

| music1 = Daved Hild, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, Garo Yellin

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = What Happened to Me

| music2 = David Thomas

| length2 = 2:48

| title3 = Monster Walks the Winter Lake

| music3 = Daved Hild

| length3 = 11:15

| title4 = Bicycle

| music4 = Tony Maimone

| length4 = 4:18

| title5 = Coffee Train

| music5 = Allen Ravenstine

| length5 = 2:24

| title6 = My Town

| music6 = David Thomas

| length6 = 3:17

| title7 = Monster Magee, King of the Seas

| music7 = David Thomas

| length7 = 2:15

| title8 = Monster Thinks About the Good Days

| music8 = Tony Maimone

| length8 = 3:39

| title9 = What Happened to Me

| music9 = David Thomas

| length9 = 2:40

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Monster Walks the Winter Lake liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Monster Walks the Winter Lake |others=David Thomas & The Wooden Birds |year=1986 |type=booklet |publisher=Twin/Tone Records |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

;The Wooden Birds