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Man and Boy: Dada
Classical · 2005 · 19 tracks · 1h 44m

Man and Boy: Dada

Michael Nyman

A pocket opera of clockwork rhythms and Dadaist absurdity. Nyman's signature staccato strings meet surrealist storytelling about bus tickets and British tea.

2005

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A restless and intellectually playful exploration of the mundane through high-energy minimalist structures.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks · 1h 44m
01
Scene 1: You Need a Ticket to Breathe the Air
6:59
01
Scene 10: A Famous Cup of British Tea
6:29
02
Scene 2: A Few Things I Collect Beside Bus Tickets
6:41
02
Scene 11: This Was a Good One - Ponders End to Waterloo
4:22
03
Scene 3: Any More Fares Please?
4:17
03
Scene 12: I'm Highly Adept at the Tango
6:52
04
Scene 4: It's a Kind of Interesting Rubbish
6:13
04
Scene 13: Show Me a Bike
3:40
05
Scene 5: Scarper!
3:29
05
Scene 14: Chuk Persh Szing
7:34
06
Scene 15: Happy Birthday, Dear Michael
5:29
06
Scene 6: Forty Sheep and Twenty Reindeer?
3:26
07
Scene 16: I Am Having Trouble With Hanky Panky
6:46
07
Scene 7: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
4:45
08
Scene 8: Except Take a Piss
4:08
08
Scene 17: Latin À La Hammersmith Broadway
2:34
09
Scene 9: Doodlebug
2:28
09
Scene 18: A Hundred Stops but They Have No Names
8:04
10
Scene 19: I Was Trying to Explain Something About Dada
10:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, driving piano motor of Scene 1 that establishes the album's breathless pace.
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How does Man and Boy: Dada sound next to the rest of Michael Nyman's catalogue?

Surreal Abstract+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

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