Glyptothek (album)

2015 studio album by Momus

Glyptothek

Studio album by

Momus

Released| 5 December 2015
Length| 46:51[1]
Label| American Patchwork (AMPATCH017)
Momus chronology
| Turpsycore
(2015)  | Glyptothek
(2015)  | Scobberlotchers
(2016)

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Glyptothek is an album by Scottish musician Momus. It was released on 5 December 2015 by independent record label American Patchwork on CD and distributed by Darla Records.

## Background[edit]

Glyptothek was recorded in Osaka, Japan.[1][2] Momus began making songs for the album by working with samples from his extensive collection of old Japanese folk music.[3][4] The cover is designed by Hagen Verleger.[5] His previous album Turpsycore was published in the same year.[2] Songs from Glyptothek and from other 2000s albums Bambi, Bibliotek, and Turpsycore were recollected in the Cherry Red Records anthology Pubic Intellectual.[6]

## Themes[edit]

Song topics include befriending and naming a cockroach "Gregor," famous statues coming to life and taking nude selfies, fingerless chefs, and his.[7]

## Reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Frontiers| [7]

Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino ranked Glyptothek sixth on his list "Best Albums of 2015."[8] Now Then's Zachary Freeman described the album as "combined samples of Japanese shamisen 45 records with disparate synthesisers and abrasive guitars."[9] Zitty's Thorsten Glotzmann commented on the album's composition stating "flutes, and drumming samples [...] clearly sound like Japan."[2]

Frontiers's Dominik Rothbard reviewed the album favorably with "Glyptothek is at once hilarious, heartbreaking and a bit scary, but sadly, it's not likely to drag him out of obscurity."[7] Bashooka's Henri Wijaya put it on the list "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs."[10]

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Art Creep"| 2:49
2.| "Masks of Bebko"| 2:51
3.| "Moral Mountain"| 2:34
4.| "Chef Biff"| 2:41
5.| "The Kappa"| 2:26
6.| "The Etruscan Shepherd"| 3:13
7.| "AFK"| 3:06
8.| "Gregor Samsa"| 2:40
9.| "Hinkfuss at the Glyptothek"| 3:06
10.| "The Labourer"| 2:22
11.| "The Manticore"| 2:35
12.| "Electric Dionysus"| 3:06
13.| "Candaulism"| 3:15
14.| "Nikki Danjo"| 2:37
15.| "Old Nick"| 3:40
16.| "Papposilenus"| 3:46

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Glyptothek - Momus". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
2. ^ a b c Glotzmann, Thorsten (4 April 2015). "Momus, the eternal mocker". Zitty (in German). GCM Go City Media GmbH. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
3. ^ Matt (23 March 2016). "What's on in the Northern Quarter ~ Easter Sunday, 27th March 2016". nqmanchester.com. Northern Quarter, Manchester. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
4. ^ Musicworks staff (21 January 2016). "MW Questionnaire: NICK CURRIE". Musicworks. Musicworks Society of Ontario. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
5. ^ Verleger, Hagen (18 November 2015). "Momus: Glyptothek on Behance". Behance. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
6. ^ Cherry Red Records staff. "Pubic Intellectual: An Anthology 1986-2016 – Cherry Red Records". Cherry Red Records. cherryred.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
7. ^ a b c Rothbard, Dominik (9 December 2015). "Music". Frontiers. Los Angeles, CA: New Frontiers Media Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
8. ^ Yahoo! Music staff (18 December 2016). "Best Albums of 2015: Yahoo Music Staff Picks". Yahoo! Music. Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
9. ^ Freeman, Zachary (September 2016). "Albums". Now Then. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
10. ^ Wajiya, Henri (12 June 2016). "50 Most Awesome CD Packaging & Cover Designs". bashooka.com. Bashooka. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Momus: Glyptothek playlist on YouTube

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Albums|

* Circus Maximus (1986)
* The Poison Boyfriend (1987)
* Tender Pervert (1988)
* Don't Stop the Night (1989)
* Hippopotamomus (1991)
* The Ultraconformist (1992)
* Voyager (1992)
* Timelord (1993)
* The Philosophy of Momus (1995)
* 20 Vodka Jellies (1996)
* Ping Pong (1997)
* The Little Red Songbook (1998)
* Stars Forever (1999)
* Folktronic (2001)
* Oskar Tennis Champion (2003)
* Otto Spooky (2005)
* Ocky Milk (2006)
* Joemus (2008)
* Hypnoprism (2010)
* Thunderclown (2012)
* Bibliotek (2012)
* Bambi (2013)
* Turpsycore (2015)
* Glyptothek (2015)
* Scobberlotchers (2016)
* Pillycock (2017)
* Pantaloon (2018)
* Akkordion (2019)
* Vivid (2020)
* Athenian (2021)
* Smudger (2022)
* Issyvoo (2022)
* Krambambuli (2023)
* Yikes! (2024)

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