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Frank Messina & Spoken Motion : Biting the Tongue
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Spoken word, jazz, experimental rock
Genre: Spoken Word: Poetry
Release Date: 1998
Biting the Tongue
Frank Messina & Spoken Motion
Record Label: Spokeface Records
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  • Download Album (MP3) - $12.00

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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. I Want to Hear Poetry 3:31 + MP3 $1.99
2. Woman with a Handkerchief 5:43 + MP3 $1.99
3. Father and Son in July 2:41 + MP3 $1.99
4. Lead Me Not into Temptation 5:15 + MP3 $0.99
5. What the Hell, Rage, Give in to Natural Graces 3:05 + MP3 $1.99
6. Fences and Teeth 5:23 + MP3 $0.99
7. On Transition 2:52 + MP3 $0.99
8. A Brief Holiday with the Jazz Heroine 2:08 + MP3 $0.99
9. Ghosts 4:09 + MP3 $0.99
10. Setting Sun 2:08 + MP3 $0.99
11. Annabel Lee 3:30 + MP3 $0.99
12. Song for the Poet 3:34 + MP3 $1.99
13. Run for Cover 2:25 + MP3 $1.99
14. Generation X 5:55 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

"dynamic, gripping, explosive" (Village Voice)

"Top Spoken Word album of 1998" (Billboard Magazine)

Frank Messina & Spoken Motion's classic album, Biting the Tongue includes special guest appearances by legendary composer David Amram, jazz violinist Billy Bang of the Sun Ra Arkestra and Scott Murawksi and Mark Mercier of Max Creek. The album made the Top 20 Spoken Word Chart immediately after its July, '98 release date and remained for sixteen weeks. In addition, track 1 off the album, I Want to Hear Poetry, is included on the 1998 College Radio's Best of The Indies compilation CD. The same track hit #1 on the mp3.com Spoken Word Charts in April, 1999.


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