Monster Walks the Winter Lake

Monster Walks the Winter Lake is the fourth studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by Twin/Tone Records.[3] In 1997, the album was remastered by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.

Monster Walks the Winter Lake
Studio album by David Thomas & The Wooden Birds
Released	March 1986 (1986-03)
Recorded	November 18 – 21, 1985
Studio	Suma Recording (Painesville, OH)
Genre	Art rock, experimental rock
Length	35:58
Label	Twin/Tone
Producer	Paul Hamann
David Thomas chronology
More Places Forever (1985) Monster Walks the Winter Lake (1986) Blame the Messenger (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by David Thomas.

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude"	Daved Hild, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, Garo Yellin	3:07
2.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	2:48
3.	"Monster Walks the Winter Lake"	Daved Hild	11:15
4.	"Bicycle"	Tony Maimone	4:18
5.	"Coffee Train"	Allen Ravenstine	2:24
6.	"My Town"	David Thomas	3:17
7.	"Monster Magee, King of the Seas"	David Thomas	2:15
8.	"Monster Thinks About the Good Days"	Tony Maimone	3:39
9.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	2:40

Personnel

Adapted from the Monster Walks the Winter Lake liner notes.[4]

The Wooden Birds Daved Hild – percussion (1, 2, 9), backing vocals (2, 9), accordion (3) Tony Maimone – bass guitar, drums (5, 8), piano (5), horns (5) Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizer David Thomas – lead vocals, accordion (2, 3, 5-7, 9) Garo Yellin – cello (1-3, 9)

Additional musicians Roz Ilett – accordion (4) Production and additional personnel Paul Hamann – production, recording, mixing, editing John Thompson – cover art Marshall J. Wolf – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	Twin/Tone	CD, LP	TTR 8667
United Kingdom		Rough Trade	LP	ROUGH 90

References

1. Anderson, Rick. "David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
2. Christgau, Robert. "David Thomas". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
3. Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David (2007). "David Thomas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
4. Monster Walks the Winter Lake (booklet). David Thomas & The Wooden Birds. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twin/Tone Records. 1986.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Monster Walks the Winter Lake at Discogs (list of releases)