The Mill Pond
EP by
John Fahey
ReleasedApril 1997
GenreExperimental, avant-garde
LabelLittle Brother Records
ProducerScott Colburn
John Fahey chronology
City of Refuge
(1997)		 The Mill Pond
(1997)		 Womblife
(1997)

The Mill Pond is a double-EP album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1997. The release is a notable entry in Fahey's discography in that it features experimental music in the noise and drone styles.

History

The Mill Pond was originally released as a double 7" vinyl record. Only 1000 were made and it immediately went out of print. It was reissued on CD by Important Records in 2007. The reissue included a collection of 32 of Fahey's paintings in a cardboard folio.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Dusted Magazine(not rated) [2]

Stewart Mason states in his Allmusic review: "... a frustratingly inconsistent minor work that's primarily of interest to hardcore John Fahey fans and students of the 1990s noise rock underground."[1] Dusted Magazine critic Bill Meyer wrote "No matter how you look at it, The Mill Pond is not a peak of John Fahey’s career... the music amongst the strangest and, in places, ugliest of his career."[2]

Track listing

All songs by John Fahey.

  1. "Ghosts" – 5:47
  2. "Garbage" – 10:40
  3. "You Can't Cool Off in the Mill Pond, You Can Only Die – 3:37
  4. "The Mill Pond Drowns Hope" – 7:05

References

  1. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. "The Mill Pond > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Meyer, Bill (December 2008). "Review: The Mill Pond". Dusted Magazine.
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