Leitmotif (album)
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Older cover
Leitmotif was originally self-funded and released by Dredg on May 30, 1999. The album was released by Universal, with different artwork, on September 11, 2001. The effort is produced and engineered by Dredg and Travis Crenshaw and was recorded at Brilliant Studios in San Francisco, CA.
About the album
Leitmotif is a concept album - the songs revolve around a small story written by bassist Drew Roulette included in the album booklet. It should be noted that the lyrics to the songs are not identical to the words in the booklet, although some passages are quoted word for word. The story of Leitmotif is about a man with a "spiritual disease" who must seek out different cultures of the world to find a cure for his affliction.
It is interesting to note that something very rare happened with this album - Universal re-released Leitmotif unchanged from its original version, both in the recording and in the text in the booklet, essentially duplicating the band's original, independently released demo. This is a testament to Dredg's vision for this album.
The newer case features the uniform brown paper package with white text as pictured to the lower right, with only the phrase "We live like penguins in the desert. Why can't we live like tribes?" written on the inner sleeve. The older case features the cover pictured to the upper right, as well as more brown and blue topographical photos on the case and the booklet which are similar to the cover. Aside from the difference in artwork, the two versions of Leitmotif remain nearly identical.
The lyrics for this album have never been published; the lyrics to parts of several verses (and most of one whole song) are unknown outside the band.
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Newer cover
Track listing
- "Symbol Song" (4:23)
- "Movement I: @45°N, 180°W" (1:01)
- "Lechium" (6:24)
- "Movement II: Crosswind Minuet" (1:32)
- "Traversing Through The Arctic Cold We Search For The Spirit Of Yuta/Intermission" (6:38)
- "Movement III: Lyndon" (3:07)
- "Penguins In The Desert" (4:13)
- "Movement IV: RR" (2:59)
- "Yatahaze" (3:44)
- "Movement V: 90 Hour Sleep/Untitled (secret track)" (20:24)