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〕 | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = B }} ''In Praise of Learning'' is an album by British avant-rock groups Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in February and March 1975. It was the second of two collaborative albums by the two groups and was released in May 1975. ==Content== ''In Praise of Learning'' was Henry Cow's most overtly political album. Printed on the back of the album cover is filmmaker John Grierson's quote "Art is not a mirror – it is a hammer", and the Tim Hodgkinson 16-minute composition, "Living in the Heart of the Beast" made explicit Henry Cow's left wing political leanings, with Dagmar Krause's powerful voice adding a new dimension to their music. The Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad song, "War" had been recorded the previous year during the making of the first Slapp Happy/Henry Cow collaborative album, ''Desperate Straights'' (1975). Moore later rearranged the song for his 1978 solo album, ''Flying Doesn't Help''. "War" was also covered by The Fall in 1993 for a BBC radio session and on ''Middle Class Revolt'' (1994). "Living in the Heart of the Beast" began as an unfinished instrumental that Hodgkinson presented to the group, which was cut up and performed live in 1974 with improvisational sections added.〔Cutler 2009, vol. 1–5, p. 12.〕 One such performance, ''Halsteren'' was recorded in Halsteren in September 1974, and appears in ''Volume 2: 1974–5'' of ''The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set'' (2009). After the merger with Slapp Happy, Hodgkinson commissioned Blegvad to write lyrics for the piece for Krause to sing. But after several attempts, Blegvad admitted that he was "out of () depth", and Hodgkinson wrote the lyrics himself.〔〔Cutler 2009, vol. 1–5, p. 39.〕 Chris Cutler's lyrics on "Beautiful as the Moon – Terrible as an Army with Banners" were the first song texts he had written,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chris Cutler interview )〕 and the song was the first writing collaboration between Cutler and Fred Frith that later grew into Art Bears. The song also became the longest lasting "building block" the band used in subsequent live performances.〔 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「In Praise of Learning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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