On the Way to the Peak of Normal
{{Infobox album
| name = On the Way to the Peak of Normal
| type = studio
| artist = Holger Czukay
| cover = Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1981
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Inner Space Studio, Cologne, Germany
| genre = Art rock, krautrock, psychedelic rock, electronic
| length = 36:23
| label = Electrola
| producer = Holger Czukay
| prev_title = Movies
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Full Circle
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Ted |last=Mills |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r34527|pure_url=yes}}|title=On the Way to the Peak of Normal |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=October 14, 2012}}
|rev2 = Spin
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|10}}Columnist. "On the Way to the Peak of Normal". Spin. October 1998. pg. 148–149, cited October 14, 2012
| rev3 = Uncut
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Stubbs |first=David |author-link=David Stubbs |date=March 1998 |title=Canned goods |magazine=Uncut |page=81 |issue=10}}
}}
On the Way to the Peak of Normal is the third album by Holger Czukay, released in 1981 through Electrola.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Holger Czukay, except "Witches' Multiplication Table" by Conny Plank
| title1 = Ode to Perfume
| length1 = 18:00
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = On the Way to the Peak of Normal
| length1 = 7:32
| title2 = Witches' Multiplication Table
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Two Bass Shuffle
| length3 = 2:15
| title4 = Hiss 'n' Listen
| length4 = 4:50
}}
Personnel
- Holger Czukay – vocals, guitar, organ, vocoder, bass guitar, French horn, flute, harmonica, congas, production, engineering, mixing, recording, drums on "Two Bass Shuffle"
- Eveline Grunwald – design
- Uwe Jahnke – guitar on "On the Way to the Peak of Normal"
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums
- Conny Plank – synthesizer violin
- Stephan Plank – illustrations, design
- Uli Putsch – bass guitar on "On the Way to the Peak of Normal"
- Harry Rag – vocals on "On the Way to the Peak of Normal"
- Jah Wobble – bass guitar on "Hiss 'n' Listen"
- Jürgen Wolter – organ on "On the Way to the Peak of Normal"
References
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