History Music / CasablancaMoon

* NonAppearingTitle: Played with in "Michelangelo". It is a song about an artist named Buonarroti. Of course he is Michelangelo but this first mononymous name is never mentioned in the lyrics, only a less-known surname.

** UpToEleven for "Mr. Rainbow ",which has three versions, two for each release of the album and a third can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb1xIKkK9Nk found]] as a BSide of the 1975 non-album single "Johnny's Dead" (interestingly credited to "Slapp Happy featuring Anthony Moore".)

''Casablanca Moon'' is a 1974 (or 1973 or 1980 still) album by Music/SlappHappy, the history of which is pretty complicated. It was first recorded by the band in 1973 with ascetic, austere instrumentation. Its genre can be definited as a mix of art-pop and avant-pop with a share of progressive-pop. The band's label, Creator/PolydorRecords, rejected it and its release was cancelled.

It was rerecorded in 1974 for Creator/VirginRecords with the addition of many instruments so that it sounded much more lush. The refreshed material was released with the album under two names: ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Slapp Happy]]'' and ''Casablanca Moon.''

''Casablanca Moon'' is a 1974 (or 1973 or 1980 still) album by Music/SlappHappy, the history of which is pretty complicated. It was first recorded by the band in 1973 with ascetic, austere instrumentation. Its genre can be definited as a mix of art-pop and avant-pop with a share of progressive-pop. The band's label, Polydor Records, rejected it and its release was cancelled.

* OneWomanSong: Karen of the same song (a bonus track), a very attractive girl from UsefulNotes/ThePhilippines.

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Dagmar sings Hob'''o'''ken in the song Casablanca Moon, stressing the second syllable instead of the first.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Lyrics for Me and Parvati:
--->''Scattered like scars\\

--->''The conversation\\

** Also lyrics for Blue-Eyed William:
--->''Hounding the hunt of heaven''
* AlbumTitleDrop: A curious retrospective variant. Acnalbacas Noom is mentioned once in the song Casablanca Moon released in 1974 in the end of the second verse. It is only later in 1982 that an album with the SdrawkcabName was released. Thus it became a proper title drop only 8 years after the song became available.
** Played much straighter with words Casablanca Moon which are mentioned several; times throughout the trasck.
** The name of the band themselves (and also somewhat of a title for some of their albums) is mentioned in the song Everybody's Slimmin', a 1990 bonus track. Except that an article "a" is put between two words.
--->''It's better with a friend but you can do it alone\\

* BonusMaterial: four great tracks on their 1990 reissue of Acnalbasac Noom. Including Everybody's Slimmin' which was a non-album single in 1983 complete with its b-side Blue-Eyed William.
* {{Bookends}} Casablanca Moon is the first and Slow Moon's Rose - the last track on both versions of the album.
* CommitmentIssues: For the title character of the song Karen
--->''I bet she's found another\\

Takes no Columbus to discover\\

* DarkReprise: Mr Rainbow from 1974 album performed with more instrumentation and with Blegvad delivering half of the lines sounds much more sinister than a previous take made earlier but released on 1980 album. In the former version the vocals are exclusively by Krause and entirely lack the menacing edge.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Blegvad has a huge vocal presence on Mr Rainbow in 1974 version while the other tracks are sung by Krause.
** Slow Moon's Rose is the only original song credited exclusively to Moore while the rest of the songs is credited to Blegvad or both Moore and Blegvad.
** Also the last 1990 bonus track Messages is credited to Dagmar Krause.
** Blegvad sings on Karen - another 1990 bonus track.
* DoubleAgent: The main character of Casablanca Moon is apparently that.
* EitherOrTitle: "Everybody's Slimmin' (Even Men and Women)"
* EpicRocking: averted by Mr Rainbow which whole sounding huge is actually only 3:49 (or 3:45) long. In the 1980 album it is still the longest track because the songs generally last between 2:30 and 3:30
** A Little Something in 1974 version is the closest to this trope lasting 4:30 even though it is cute and by no means bombast.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: As proved by Mr. Rainbow.
* FilmNoir: Invoked in Mr Rainbow, even the very word "noir" is mentioned.
* GratuitousFrench: How about "Quéquette d'ivoire" in Mr Rainbow for starters. The song is full of similar treasures.
--->''Casquette de moire,\\

* GratuitousLatin: On Mr Rainbow too: "nebula's sine qua non"
* HotGod: Parvati, the titular goddess in Me and Parvati.
* IntercourseWithYou: Karen is very explicit.
--->''I loved a girl named Karen\\

* NonAppearingTitle: Played with in Michelangelo. It is a song about an artist named Buonarroti. Of course he is Michelangelo but this first mononymous name is never mentioned in the lyrics, only a less-known surname.
* OneWomanSong: Karen of the same song (a bonus track), a very attractive girl from Philippines.

** UpToEleven for Mr Rainbow which has three various versions, two for the each version of the album and the third can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb1xIKkK9Nk found]] as a b-side of a 1975 non-album single Johnny's Dead (interestingly credited to "Slapp Happy featuring Anthony Moore".)

* {{Sexophone}}: Slow Moon's Rose contains a sax solo.
* ShoutOut: "Mr Rainbow" is an allusion for Arthur Rimbaud.
* SillyLoveSong: Secret
--->''There he goes,\\

* SopranoAndGravel: A very early example of that on 1974's version of Mr Rainbow which is sung intermittently by Krause and Blegvad
* SpyFiction: In Casablanca Moon complete with Cocain stains on the moustache.
--->''He lurks behind a paper in the shadow of a mosque\\

* SophomoreSlump: Averted as this album is held in much higher esteem than Sort of... Slapp Happy.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: The Secret. Especially on 1974 version where it follows Mr. Rainbow.
* AWeightyAesop: Everybody's Slimmin'