Üdü Ẁüdü
Album cover used for all later releases
Studio album by
Released10 September 1976
RecordedMay – June 1976[1]
StudioStudio de Milan (Paris, France)
Genre
Length38:20
Label
  • Utopia
  • RCA
  • Seventh
Producer
Magma chronology
Live/Hhaï
(1975)
Üdü Ẁüdü
(1976)
Inédits
(1977)
Alternative cover
Original provisional album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Üdü Ẁüdü is the sixth studio album by French rock band Magma, released on 10 September 1976.

This album was first issued with a provisional sleeve, as Klaus Blasquiz's artwork was not finished on time. This art features in all later issues.

Track listing

Source: Discogs,[3] Seventh Records[1]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Üdü Ẁüdü"Christian Vander4:10
2."Weidorje"Bernard Paganotti, Klaus Blasquiz4:30
3."Tröller Tanz (Troll's Dance)"Vander3:40
4."Soleil d'Ork (Ork's Sun)"Jannick Top3:50
5."Zombies (Ghost Dance)"Vander4:20
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."De Futura"Top17:40
Bonus track on Seventh CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (extrait no. 2)"Vander3:12

Legacy

In order, bonus track "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (extrait no. 2)", "Hhaï" (from live album Live/Hhaï), and "Zombies" were incorporated into the Magma composition Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré, constituting the entirety of "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II".[4]

Bassist Jannick Top re-recorded his compositions "Soleil d'Ork" and "De Futura" for his 2001 debut solo album, Soleil d'Ork.

Bassist Bernhard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier formed their own zeuhl band, Weidorje, in 1977.

Personnel

Musicians

Magma

Additional Musicians

  • Lisa Deluxe – vocals (1)
  • Lucille Cullaz – vocals (1)
  • Catherine Szpira – vocals (1)
  • Alain Hatot – saxophones (1), flutes (4)
  • Pierre Dutour – trumpets (1)

Technical

  • Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
  • Jean Peal Malek – engineer, mixer
  • Alain Français – engineer
  • Gilles Grenier – mixer
  • Klaus Blasquiz – cover art (after original issue)

Literature

  • Gonin, Philippe (2010), "Üdü Wüdü", Magma - Décryptage d'un mythe et d'une musique (in French), Marseille: Le Mot et le Reste, pp. 189–198, ISBN 978-2-36054-000-6

References

  1. 1 2 "Üdü Wüdü at Seventhrecords.com". Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 Üdü Ẁüdü at AllMusic
  3. "Üdü Wüdü". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  4. "Member: maribor". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.