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Monster Walks the Winter Lake

1986 studio album by David Thomas, & The Wooden Birds

Monster Walks the Winter Lake

Studio album by

David Thomas
& The Wooden Birds

Released

March 1986 (1986-03)

Recorded

November 18–21, 1985

Studio

Suma Recording
(Painesville, OH)

Genre

Art rock, experimental rock

Length

35:58

Label

Twin/Tone

Producer

Paul Hamann

David Thomas chronology

More Places Forever
(1985)

Monster Walks the Winter Lake
(1986)

Blame the Messenger
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B^[2]

Monster Walks the Winter Lake is the fourth studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by Twin/Tone Records.^[3]^[4] In 1997, the album was remastered by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by David Thomas

Side one
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude"	Daved Hild, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, Garo Yellin	3:07
2.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	2:48
3.	"Monster Walks the Winter Lake"	Daved Hild	11:15
4.	"Bicycle"	Tony Maimone	4:18
5.	"Coffee Train"	Allen Ravenstine	2:24
6.	"My Town"	David Thomas	3:17
7.	"Monster Magee, King of the Seas"	David Thomas	2:15
8.	"Monster Thinks About the Good Days"	Tony Maimone	3:39
9.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	2:40

Personnel

Adapted from the Monster Walks the Winter Lake liner notes.^[5]

The Wooden Birds

Daved Hild – percussion (1, 2, 9), backing vocals (2, 9), accordion (3)
Tony Maimone – bass guitar, drums (5, 8), piano (5), horns (5)
Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizer
David Thomas – lead vocals, accordion (2, 3, 5–7, 9)
Garo Yellin – cello (1–3, 9)

Additional musicians

Roz Ilett – accordion (4)

Production and additional personnel

Paul Hamann – production, recording, mixing, editing
John Thompson – cover art
Marshall J. Wolf – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	Twin/Tone	CD, LP	TTR 8667
United Kingdom	1986	Rough Trade	LP	ROUGH 90

References

^ Anderson, Rick. "David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
^ Christgau, Robert. "David Thomas". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
^ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David (2007). "David Thomas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
^ McKenna, Kristine (March 31, 1986). "David Thomas Stones Rock Rituals". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 3.
^ Monster Walks the Winter Lake (booklet). David Thomas & The Wooden Birds. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twin/Tone Records. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)