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''Fordlandia'' is the sixth full-length studio album by Icelandic musician Jóhann Jóhannsson. The album was released on 3 November 2008 via 4AD. The album is thematically influenced by the failure of Henry Ford's Brazilian rubber plant Fordlândia.〔(allmusic ((( Fordlandia > Overview ))) )〕 On his official website, Jóhannsson explained the album's relation to the Henry Ford-owned location: One of the two main threads running through it is this idea of failed utopia, as represented by the "Fordlândia" title – the story of the rubber plantation Henry Ford established in the Amazon in 1920s, and his dreams of creating an idealized American town in the middle of the jungle complete with white picket fences, hamburgers and alcohol prohibition. The project – started because of the high price Ford had to pay for the rubber necessary for his cars' tyres – failed, of course, as the indigenous workers soon rioted against the alien conditions. 〔(Jóhann Jóhannsson – Fordlândia )〕 Ford bought two and a half million acres for Fordlandia, costing him $125,000, and had many Brazilian workers and their families come to live in Fordlandia (most ended up complaining about it). Too much time and money were spent on recreating a beautiful, American town than working out how to successfully grow rubber in the Amazon, including building a 150-foot water tower (despite being in the middle of a rainforest). Fordlandia ultimately failed and Ford's dream was crushed without ever producing any rubber for his tyres. Around 20 million dollars was spent on the project.〔(Grandin – Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, pp. 9–11, 295 )〕 ==Track listing== # "Fordlandia" – 13:42 # "melodia (i)" – 1:56 # "The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!)" – 6:24 # "melodia (ii)" – 1:48 # "Fordlandia – Aerial View" – 4:32 # "melodia (iii)" – 3:12 # "Chimaerica" – 3:22 # "melodia (iv)" – 2:45 # "The Great God Pan Is Dead" – 4:55 # "Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory)" – 9:03 # "How We Left Fordlandia" – 15:24 ;Digital download bonus track # 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fordlandia (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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