Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15,16 (click to see context) from:
Considered her most experimental record, It was the first-ever album with vocals processed through a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchla_Electronic_Musical_Instruments Buchla 100 synthesizer]] as well as the first recorded using [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraphonic_sound#:~:text=Quadraphonic%20(or%20Quadrophonic%20and%20sometimes,corners%20of%20a%20listening%20space quadraphonic technology]], an early precursor to surround-sound. With the exception of a lead guitar on one track and a rhythm section employed on three of the last four selections, the music is entirely synthesized from Buffy’s voice and guitar, producing a wholly unique sound that has been considered a precursor to everything from [[GothRock gothic rock]] to [[ElectronicMusic electronic music]].
to:
Considered her most experimental record, It was one of the first-ever album first music albums with vocals processed through a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchla_Electronic_Musical_Instruments Buchla 100 synthesizer]] as well as the first recorded using [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraphonic_sound#:~:text=Quadraphonic%20(or%20Quadrophonic%20and%20sometimes,corners%20of%20a%20listening%20space quadraphonic technology]], an early precursor to surround-sound. With the exception of a lead guitar on one track and a rhythm section employed on three of the last four selections, the music is entirely synthesized from Buffy’s voice and guitar, producing a wholly unique sound that has been considered a precursor to everything from [[GothRock gothic rock]] to [[ElectronicMusic electronic music]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
-->- "Better to Find Out for Yourself
to:
-->- "Better to Find Out for Yourself
Yourself"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
Illuminations is the sixth album by Music/BuffySainteMarie, released in December 1969.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/illuminations_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''God is alive, magic is afoot'']]
->''Every little baby that's ever been born\\
Been spanked and made to cry\\
Every young woman that's ever been loved\\
Been shaken and made to sigh\\
Every young woman that's ever been loved\\
Has told, told me true\\
Take his heart and run away as he would do to you''
-->- "Better to Find Out for Yourself
Illuminations is the sixth album by Music/BuffySainteMarie, released in December 1969.
Considered her most experimental record, It was the first-ever album with vocals processed through a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchla_Electronic_Musical_Instruments Buchla 100 synthesizer]] as well as the first recorded using [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraphonic_sound#:~:text=Quadraphonic%20(or%20Quadrophonic%20and%20sometimes,corners%20of%20a%20listening%20space quadraphonic technology]], an early precursor to surround-sound. With the exception of a lead guitar on one track and a rhythm section employed on three of the last four selections, the music is entirely synthesized from Buffy’s voice and guitar, producing a wholly unique sound that has been considered a precursor to everything from [[GothRock gothic rock]] to [[ElectronicMusic electronic music]].
!!Tracklist
# "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot" (4:51)
# "Mary" (1:30)
# "Better to Find Out for Yourself" (2:12)
# "The Vampire" (2:05)
# "Adam" (5:05)
# "The Dream Tree" (2:34)
# "Suffer the Little Children" (2:53)
# "The Angel" (3:41)
# "With You, Honey" (1:48)
# "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" (2:25)
# "He's a Keeper of the Fire" (3:21)
# "Poppies" (3:26)
----
!!''Pretty tropes fall down on thee''
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: "Suffer the Little Children" applies this to the American education system.
* BookEnds: The record begins and ends with Buffy's synthesizer altered voice singing "God is alive, magic is afoot".
* UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}: "Mary" is a song narrating the Nativity scene, whereas though "Adam" is a song describing Adam's fall from Eden.
** The record in general seems to have an understated theme of Christian and Indigenous mysticism interspersed throughout the record.
* CoverVersion: An odd case, in where, the song "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot" is an adaptation of a mantra / poem in Music/LeonardCohen's book ''Beautiful Losers'' set to music.
* EchoingAcoustics: Featured heavily on the album. Probably as a side result of the experimentation Buffy was doing with synthesizers at the same time.
* ElectronicMusic: This record can be considered a forerunner to it with it's electroacoustic sound and heavy use of synthesizers.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" does this with "He's a Keeper of the Fire" after a brief synthesizer interlude that begins at the end of "Guess Who I Saw in Paris".
** "Poppies" does this also, tying back to the very first track "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot".
* GothicHorror: "The Vampire", obviously.
* GothRock: The album's spectral soundscapes and phantasmagoric subject matter have made many a critic cite this record as a precursor of sorts.
* GriefSong: "The Dream Tree" is this combined with WiseTree, with a woman bemoaning her lover's absence, while the tree showers her in dreams of their reconciliation.
* MinisculeRocking: "Mary" and "With You, Honey" barely breach the two minute mark.
* NewSoundAlbum: This record deviated heavily from her previous releases and even from folk music at times.
* OneWomanWail: Well, it ''is'' Buffy's signature style of singing.
* ProtestSong: "Suffer the Little Children" is a song which protests modern American teaching institutions. Condemning it as a system train children into following orders and preparing them solely for the workforce and to partake in global capitalism, characterized as the devil in the song:
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: With all the eerie synths, hard rocking tracks and darkly mystical lyrics on the record. "Guess Who I Saw in Paris"'s simple folk arrangement and description of meeting a lover in The City of Light is basically this in comparison to the rest of the record.
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Better to Find Out for Yourself" is this, with Buffy telling you to find your own way in life, after contrasting explaining her own experiences with things she was told that were harsh truths she had to accept.
* SillyLoveSongs: Songs like "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" play this trope straight. However, songs like "The Angel", "With You, Honey" and "He's a Keeper of the Fire" add a esoteric bent to them.
[[caption-width-right:350:''God is alive, magic is afoot'']]
->''Every little baby that's ever been born\\
Been spanked and made to cry\\
Every young woman that's ever been loved\\
Been shaken and made to sigh\\
Every young woman that's ever been loved\\
Has told, told me true\\
Take his heart and run away as he would do to you''
-->- "Better to Find Out for Yourself
Illuminations is the sixth album by Music/BuffySainteMarie, released in December 1969.
Considered her most experimental record, It was the first-ever album with vocals processed through a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchla_Electronic_Musical_Instruments Buchla 100 synthesizer]] as well as the first recorded using [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraphonic_sound#:~:text=Quadraphonic%20(or%20Quadrophonic%20and%20sometimes,corners%20of%20a%20listening%20space quadraphonic technology]], an early precursor to surround-sound. With the exception of a lead guitar on one track and a rhythm section employed on three of the last four selections, the music is entirely synthesized from Buffy’s voice and guitar, producing a wholly unique sound that has been considered a precursor to everything from [[GothRock gothic rock]] to [[ElectronicMusic electronic music]].
!!Tracklist
# "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot" (4:51)
# "Mary" (1:30)
# "Better to Find Out for Yourself" (2:12)
# "The Vampire" (2:05)
# "Adam" (5:05)
# "The Dream Tree" (2:34)
# "Suffer the Little Children" (2:53)
# "The Angel" (3:41)
# "With You, Honey" (1:48)
# "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" (2:25)
# "He's a Keeper of the Fire" (3:21)
# "Poppies" (3:26)
----
!!''Pretty tropes fall down on thee''
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: "Suffer the Little Children" applies this to the American education system.
* BookEnds: The record begins and ends with Buffy's synthesizer altered voice singing "God is alive, magic is afoot".
* UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}: "Mary" is a song narrating the Nativity scene, whereas though "Adam" is a song describing Adam's fall from Eden.
** The record in general seems to have an understated theme of Christian and Indigenous mysticism interspersed throughout the record.
* CoverVersion: An odd case, in where, the song "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot" is an adaptation of a mantra / poem in Music/LeonardCohen's book ''Beautiful Losers'' set to music.
* EchoingAcoustics: Featured heavily on the album. Probably as a side result of the experimentation Buffy was doing with synthesizers at the same time.
* ElectronicMusic: This record can be considered a forerunner to it with it's electroacoustic sound and heavy use of synthesizers.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" does this with "He's a Keeper of the Fire" after a brief synthesizer interlude that begins at the end of "Guess Who I Saw in Paris".
** "Poppies" does this also, tying back to the very first track "God is Alive, Magic is Afoot".
* GothicHorror: "The Vampire", obviously.
* GothRock: The album's spectral soundscapes and phantasmagoric subject matter have made many a critic cite this record as a precursor of sorts.
* GriefSong: "The Dream Tree" is this combined with WiseTree, with a woman bemoaning her lover's absence, while the tree showers her in dreams of their reconciliation.
* MinisculeRocking: "Mary" and "With You, Honey" barely breach the two minute mark.
* NewSoundAlbum: This record deviated heavily from her previous releases and even from folk music at times.
* OneWomanWail: Well, it ''is'' Buffy's signature style of singing.
* ProtestSong: "Suffer the Little Children" is a song which protests modern American teaching institutions. Condemning it as a system train children into following orders and preparing them solely for the workforce and to partake in global capitalism, characterized as the devil in the song:
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: With all the eerie synths, hard rocking tracks and darkly mystical lyrics on the record. "Guess Who I Saw in Paris"'s simple folk arrangement and description of meeting a lover in The City of Light is basically this in comparison to the rest of the record.
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Better to Find Out for Yourself" is this, with Buffy telling you to find your own way in life, after contrasting explaining her own experiences with things she was told that were harsh truths she had to accept.
* SillyLoveSongs: Songs like "Guess Who I Saw in Paris" play this trope straight. However, songs like "The Angel", "With You, Honey" and "He's a Keeper of the Fire" add a esoteric bent to them.
