The Belle of Avenue A | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | The Fugs |
Cover: | The Belle of Avenue A.jpg |
Released: | 1969 |
Recorded: | 1968 |
Studio: | Apostolic (New York) |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Ed Sanders, Richard Alderson |
Prev Title: | It Crawled into My Hand, Honest |
Prev Year: | 1968 |
Next Title: | Golden Filth |
Next Year: | 1970 |
The Belle Of Avenue A is a 1969 studio album by the Fugs, a band composed of anti-war poets. It was released in the US by record company Reprise. The album was first released on CD as part of the 2006 3-CD box set, Electromagnetic Steamboat, and eventually as a stand-alone CD in 2011 on the Wounded Bird label (WOU 6539).
The Fugs recorded The Belle of Avenue A at Apostolic Studios in New York City. The band would split up after its recording, as they had tired of the police and FBI investigations they had received.[1]
The album contains much more restrained and straightforward rock music than its predecessor, It Crawled into My Hand, Honest. The vocals demonstrate Ed Sanders's growing country music influence,[2] and tracks such as "Yodeling Yippie" have been likened to "beatnik country."[3]
Billboard praised the album upon release: "The irrepressible Fugs have their most commercial album to date here, but they're still the biting social commentators."[4]