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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Studio | Apostolic (New York) | |||
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| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Ed Sanders, Richard Alderson | |||
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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]
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