Ear of the Dragon
Ear of the Dragon (1995) is a CD album released on the Fortune 5 label in collaboration with A Magazine. It is a compilation of tracks by American and Canadian indie bands which contained Asian-American members. The album contains a broad range of American indie music styles and notable indie artists from the early to mid 1990s including indie rock (Versus and The Dambuilders), punk (J Church and aMiniature), ska punk (Skankin' Pickle), slowcore (Seam), cuddlecore (cub), and key players in post-rock (David Pajo was a member of Slint and both he and Bundy K. Brown (aka Slowpoke) were members of seminal post-rock band Tortoise).
| Ear of the Dragon | |
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| Compilation album | |
| Released | 15 May 1995 |
| Recorded | 1993-1995 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Language | English |
| Label | Fortune 5 |
| Producer | Ben Kim, Sooyoung Park, William Shin |
| Compiler | Sooyoung Park |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | (not rated, no review) link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B) link |
Track listing
The track running order listed on the CD cover is incorrect-the list below shows the actual running order of the CD.
- Signer's Strut - aMiniature
- Losing My Cool - Yanti Arifin
- Reveille - Versus
- Tossing Pearls - Venus Cures All
- Hey Latasha - Seam
- Day into Night - Dolomite
- Live for Yourself - Kicking Giant
- Your King - Team Xiaoping
- Secret Nothing - cub
- The Naked City - Cartographers
- Smooth Control - The Dambuilders
- Perfect World - Mint Aundry
- Heavens to Betsy - Chumley
- I Would for You - J Church
- Pabu Boy - Skankin' Pickle
- Mr. Onion #2 - Slowpoke
- It's About Time - Azure
- She - Squash Blossom
- Undiu - David Pajo Band
Tour
Some of the bands represented on this compilation (including Seam, aMiniature, Venus Cures All, Cub and Versus) toured together in support of the "Ear of the Dragon" compilation in 1995.[1] This tour included major US and Canadian cities including Toronto, Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago. According to Billboard Magazine, the tour began April 28, 1995 in Toronto and ended May 27, 1995 in Chicago.[2]