Arthur Rimbaud in Verdun - Penny Rimbaud [CD]

Album by the legendary punk poet, writer, painter, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of seminal anarchist outfit Crass. A fiction constructed by Penny, out of interest as to the possible outcome, places the French poet Arthur Rimbaud (who died in 1891) at the historic and tragic battle of Verdun in 1916. The idea being that Penny found something to be explored in the possibilities of the young vagabond and his perception of such drastic events. Dark and vivid jazz-infused ambience is punctured by Penny's spoken word lyricism painting pictures of the chaotic experience of World War 1. Maniacally delivered readings are ruthless in their detailed realism, not only well researched but so convincingly told it's easy to forget it's a narrative. Exceptionally realised, brutal at times and incredibly poignant in others, 'Arthur Rimbaud In Verdun' is unlike anything else in subject or sound.

Disc 1
1. Intro - Penny Rimbaud
2. Part One - Penny Rimbaud
3. Intermezzo One - Penny Rimbaud
4. Part Two - Penny Rimbaud
5. Intermezzo Two - Penny Rimbaud
6. Part Three - Penny Rimbaud
7. Intermezzo Three - Penny Rimbaud
8. Part Four - Penny Rimbaud
9. Intermezzo Four - Penny Rimbaud
10. Part Five - Penny Rimbaud
11. Intermezzo Five - Penny Rimbaud
12. Part Six - Penny Rimbaud
13. Intermezzo Six - Penny Rimbaud
14. Part Seven - Penny Rimbaud
15. Intermezzo Seven - Penny Rimbaud
16. Part Eight - Penny Rimbaud
17. Intermezzo Eight - Penny Rimbaud
18. Part Nine - Penny Rimbaud
19. Intermezzo Nine - Penny Rimbaud
20. Part Ten - Penny Rimbaud
21. Intermezzo Ten - Penny Rimbaud
22. Part Eleven - Penny Rimbaud