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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Twilight Cinema
| name = Twilight Cinema
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[Major Parkinson]]
| artist = [[Major Parkinson]]
| cover = Twilight Cinema(album).jpg
| cover = Twilight Cinema(album).jpg
| alt =
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| released = {{Start date|2014|01|24|df=yes}}
| released = {{Start date|2014|01|24|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2013
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
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| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length =
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| label = [[Degaton Records]]
| label = [[Degaton Records]]
| producer =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Songs from a Solitary Home]]
| prev_title = [[Songs from a Solitary Home]]
| prev_year = 2010
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = [[Live at Ricks]]
| next_title = [[Blackbox (album)|Blackbox]]
| next_year = 2015
| next_year = 2017
}}
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'''''Twilight Cinema''''' is the third [[studio album]] of the Norwegian band [[Major Parkinson]]. It was released on January 24, 2014. Major Parkinson launched an [[Indiegogo]] campaign to fund this album. <ref>http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/major-parkinson-twilight-cinema-vinyl|Twilight Cinema fund page</ref>
'''''Twilight Cinema''''' is the third [[studio album]] of the Norwegian band [[Major Parkinson]]. It was released on January 24, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Critique de l'album Twilight Cinema de Major Parkinson § Albumrock |url=http://www.albumrock.net/album-major-parkinson-twilight-cinema-11152.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.albumrock.net |language=fr}}</ref> Major Parkinson launched an [[Indiegogo]] campaign to fund this album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/498253/fblk|title=Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema & Vinyl|website=Indiegogo|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>

In a positive review, [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] said that "''Twilight Cinema'' defies categorisation. You can call it progressive rock, you can call it avantgarde, or cabaret, a musical, or even a theatrical play.".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema review |url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=13140 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Metal Storm |language=en}}</ref> In another positive review, Nordic Music Review called the album a combination of "dark rock" and a "seaside puppet show act".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wors |first=Andy |date=2014-10-22 |title=Major Parkinson, 'Twilight Cinema' |url=https://www.nordicmusicreview.com/post/2014/10/22/major-parkinson-twilight-cinema |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=nordicmusicreview |language=en}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# "Twilight Cinema"


== Cultural references ==
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The title song "''Twilight Cinema''" references 1916 silent film ''[[Poor Little Peppina]]'' and 1934 film ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 film)|The Barretts of Wimpole Street]],'' and their respective lead actresses [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Norma Shearer]].
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In "''The Wheelbarrow''", the delirious co-protagonist named "Mr. Demille" believes he is [[Napoleon]]'s [[troubadour]] at [[Battle of Borodino|Borodino]].

Several poets are named in "''Impermanence''": [[John Keats|Keats]], [[T. S. Eliot|TS Eliot]], [[Lord Byron|Byron]] and [[Alexander Pope|Pope]].


== References ==
== References ==


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Latest revision as of 20:25, 4 August 2024

Twilight Cinema
Studio album by
Major Parkinson
Released24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
Recorded2013
GenreRock
LabelDegaton Records
Major Parkinson chronology
Songs from a Solitary Home
(2010) 		Twilight Cinema
(2014) 		Blackbox
(2017)

Twilight Cinema is the third studio album of the Norwegian band Major Parkinson. It was released on January 24, 2014.[1] Major Parkinson launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund this album.[2]

In a positive review, Metal Storm said that "Twilight Cinema defies categorisation. You can call it progressive rock, you can call it avantgarde, or cabaret, a musical, or even a theatrical play.".[3] In another positive review, Nordic Music Review called the album a combination of "dark rock" and a "seaside puppet show act".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Skeleton Sangria"
  2. "Impermanence"
  3. "Black River"
  4. "The Wheelbarrow"
  5. "A Cabin in the Sky"
  6. "Heart Machine"
  7. "Beaks of Benelova"
  8. "Twilight Cinema"

Cultural references

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The title song "Twilight Cinema" references 1916 silent film Poor Little Peppina and 1934 film The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and their respective lead actresses Mary Pickford and Norma Shearer.

In "The Wheelbarrow", the delirious co-protagonist named "Mr. Demille" believes he is Napoleon's troubadour at Borodino.

Several poets are named in "Impermanence": Keats, TS Eliot, Byron and Pope.

References

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  1. ^ "Critique de l'album Twilight Cinema de Major Parkinson § Albumrock". www.albumrock.net (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  2. ^ "Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema & Vinyl". Indiegogo. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  3. ^ "Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  4. ^ Wors, Andy (2014-10-22). "Major Parkinson, 'Twilight Cinema'". nordicmusicreview. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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