The Ruins of Adventure

The Ruins of Adventure is the 49th album by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, the 45th 'studio' album released by Corwood Industries around December 2006 (#0787). The photograph used for the album's front cover appears to be the same one used for Jandek's previous release What Else Does The Time Mean?, only instead cropped to the man's face.

The Ruins of Adventure
Studio album by
Jandek
ReleasedDecember 2006
GenreFolk music, outsider music
Length46:38
LabelCorwood Industries
ProducerJandek
Jandek chronology
Austin Sunday
(2006)		 The Ruins of Adventure
(2006)		 Manhattan Tuesday
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes[2]
BrainwashedPositive[3]

Notes

After a few consecutive live releases, this album finds the artist back in a good sounding studio playing solo fretless bass and vocals. In contrast with the more expansive live work that had been recently released, this album was denser, with long songs describing a man building a park that nobody else could go to ("The Park") to extremely harsh blasts at various individuals, finishing with the declaration that he will "not fall into your stinking hole." It is closer in sound to such studio albums as Shadow of Leaves, though the bass work here is somewhat different, more languid than before. Vocally the album toys with several singing styles, including a howling blues vocal but also a more spoken voice that sets up long runs of image-filled lyrics.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Park"10:08
2."Bluff Brink"8:10
3."Completely Yours"7:10
4."Mysteries of Existence"6:42
5."The Ruins of Adventure"14:28
Total length:46:38
gollark: No, I did.
gollark: LyricLy clearly trying to bait us into #2.
gollark: Sinthorion did it.
gollark: Then we enter phase 2: apioformicization.
gollark: Well, they will AFTER the guessing phase.

References
  1. Berquist, John (July 18, 2007). "Jandek: The Ruins Of Adventure". PopMatters. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  2. Haney, Paul (September 14, 2014). "Jandek - The Ruins Of Adventure". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. Mckeating, Scott (March 7, 2007). "Jandek, "The Ruins Of Adventure"". Brainwashed. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
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