Pyroclastics (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Pyroclastics

| type = album

| artist = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

| cover = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Pyroclastics.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1992}}

| recorded = March – {{Start date|1991|6}}

| venue =

| studio = Lyx Studio
{{small|(Worcester, MA)}}

| genre = Prog rock

| length = 45:31

| label = Cuneiform

| producer = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Bob Winsor

| prev_title = Faultline

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = The Fossil Record 1980-1987

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Rick |last=Anderson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000613146|pure_url=yes}}|title=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Pyroclastics > Review |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=November 24, 2012}}

}}

Pyroclastics is the third studio album by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, released on 1992 by Cuneiform Records.{{cite web |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Phillip |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=birdsongs_of_the_mesozoic |title=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=September 15, 2015}} It was their final album with founding guitarist Martin Swope.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Shortwave Longride

| writer1 = Erik Lindgren

| length1 = 5:59

| title2 = Pleasure Island

| writer2 = Erik Lindgren

| length2 = 6:06

| title3 = I'm a Pterodactyl

| writer3 = Martin Swope

| length3 = 2:58

| title4 = Why Not Circulate

| writer4 = Ken Field

| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Sled

| writer5 = Erik Lindgren

| length5 = 4:50

| title6 = The Simpsons

| writer6 = Danny Elfman

| length6 = 1:57

| title7 = Tyronglaea II

| writer7 = Erik Lindgren

| length7 = 4:52

| title8 = Papercutstone

| writer8 = Martin Swope

| length8 = 4:52

| title9 = Sombre Reptiles

| writer9 = Brian Eno

| length9 = 3:59

| title10 = Nothing But Trouble

| writer10 = Erik Lindgren

| length10 = 1:59

| title11 = Tomorrow Never Came

| writer11 = Erik Lindgren

| length11 = 4:04

| title12 = Our Prayer

| writer12 = Brian Wilson

| length12 = 2:34

}}

Personnel

Adapted from Pyroclastics liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Pyroclastics |others=Birdsongs of the Mesozoic |year=1992 |type=booklet |publisher=Cuneiform Records |location=Silver Spring, Maryland}}

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