Bill Nelson - Confessions of a Hyperdreamer (My Secret Studio, Volume 2)

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A two-CD set featuring Weird Critters and Magnificent Dream People

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UK: Populuxe/Resurgence (POPBOX1) on or around March 4, 1997
US:  Populuxe/Resurgence, distributed by Caroline on June 24, 1997
Limited edition of 2000
Available through the Bill Nelson Record Store

Weird Critters was re-released as a single album in the UK on July 14, 1998 on Resurgence (POPU001CD)

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Weird Critters (POPU001CD) (POPU001CD)

  1. Rain and Neon
  2. Candyland
  3. Birds and Blue Stuff
  4. Radiated Robot Men
  5. Coney Island
  6. Weird Critters
  7. Golden Satellites
  8. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
  9. Quarter Moon and Stars
  10. Wonder Story
  11. Cool Blue Heaven
  12. Far Too Flip
  13. Realm Rider
  14. Angels In Arcadia

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Magnificent Dream People (POPU002CD)

  1. Sun at Six Windows
  2. Bird Ornaments
  3. My Favourite Atom
  4. The Girl I Never Forgot
  5. Circle The World In A Paper Canoe
  6. Queer Weather
  7. Astro Coaster
  8. Brutal Tinkerbell
  9. The Waltz at the End of the World
  10. Secret Agents at Science Park
  11. The Twentieth Century
  12. Aura Hole
  13. Radiant Nature Knows Not the Worker's Sorrow
  14. Essoldo Stripshow

"One is totally instrumental and has a lot of 24-track recordings, including some solo piano pieces and some more elaborate works. The 'Weird Critters' album has a combination of vocal and instrumental pieces, all from my home studio. It's a very eclectic collection, but it's not like a four album box set where it's daunting and takes ages to absorb. I feel this album is a little more immediate. I've also made some colour collages for the artwork." - Bill Nelson, November 1996.

Interesting Facts:

When Confessions was released, this web site heavily promoted the sale via CDNow in the United States.  The week after release, so many people from the US had ordered the UK import of Confessions from CDNow that the album hit #20 on their sales chart, slightly behind new releases from U2 and Depeche Mode.

Bill previewed the tracks "Bird Ornaments", "Circle The World In A Paper Canoe", and "Secret Agents At Science Park" during his 1996 US and UK promotional tour for After The Satellite Sings.

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