The Henry Cow Box Redux: The Complete Henry Cow is an album by Henry Cow, released in 2019. Rooted in progressive rock · art rock · experimental rock. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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Disc 1

• 1 Nirvana for Mice 4:56
• 2 Amygdala 6:57
• 3 Teenbeat Introduction 4:32
• 4 Teenbeat 6:47
• 5 Silence – End of Side 1 0:15
• 6 Extract From With the Yellowhalf‐Moon and Blue Star 3:37
• 7 Teenbeat (reprise) 5:04
• 8 The Tenth Chaffinch 6:04
• 9 Nine Funerals of the Citzen King 5:34

Disc 2

• 1 Bittern Storm Over Ulm 2:19
• 2 Half Asleep; Half Awake 7:59
• 3 Ruins 12:11
• 4 Silence – End of Side 1 0:15
• 5 Solemn Music 1:11
• 6 Linguaphonie 5:31
• 7 Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon 3:04
• 8 Arcades 1:58
• 9 Deluge 5:25

Disc 3

• 1 Some Questions About Hats 1:51
• 2 The Owl 2:17
• 3 A Worm Is at Work 1:52
• 4 Bad Alchemy 3:06
• 5 Europa 2:48
• 6 Desperate Straights 4:14
• 7 Riding Tigers 1:43
• 8 Silence – End of Side 1 0:15
• 9 Apes in Capes 2:16
• 10 Strayed 1:54
• 11 Giants 1:57
• 12 Excerpts From the Messiah 1:49
• 13 In the Sickbay 2:09
• 14 Caucasian Lullaby 8:25

Disc 4

• 1 War 2:31
• 2 Living in the Heart of the Beast 16:12
• 3 Silence – End of Side 1 0:15
• 4 Beginning; The Long March 6:00
• 5 Beautiful as the Moon; Terrible as an Army With Banners 7:02
• 6 Morning Star 6:03

Disc 5

• 1 Industry 6:57
• 2 The Decay of Cities 6:55
• 3 On the Raft 3:58
• 4 Silence End of Side 1 0:15
• 5 Falling Away 7:38
• 6 Gretel’s Tale 3:57
• 7 Look Back 1:19
• 8 Half the Sky 5:08

Disc 6

• 1 Beautiful as the Moon, Terrible as an Army With Banners 5:40
• 2 Nirvana for Mice 5:30
• 3 The Ottawa Song 4:15
• 4 Gloria Gloom 4:13
• 5 Beautiful as the Moon (reprise) 3:11
• 6 Bad Alchemy 2:54
• 7 Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road 5:49
• 8 Ruins 16:29
• 9 Groningen 8:53
• 10 Groningen Again 7:26

Disc 7

• 1 Oslo 1 5:37
• 2 Oslo 2 3:15
• 3 Oslo 3 3:23
• 4 Oslo 4 3:00
• 5 Oslo 5 3:00
• 6 Oslo 6 1:44
• 7 Oslo 7 4:54
• 8 Oslo 8 4:01
• 9 Off the Map 8:22
• 10 Cafe Royal 3:20
• 11 Keeping Warm in Winter / Sweet Heart of Mine 9:58
• 12 Udine 9:39

Disc 8

• 1 Pre‐Teenbeat I 1:45
• 2 Pre‐Teenbeat II 1:28
• 3 Rapt in a Blanket 5:06
• 4 Came to See You 6:43
• 5 Amygdala Extract (pre‐Legend demo) 3:35
• 6 Teenbeat 10:19
• 7 Citizen King 5:21
• 8 Nirvana for Moles 4:09
• 9 Introduction 0:46
• 10 Invocation 2:08
• 11 Demi‐Lune Jaune 2:10
• 12 Three Little Steps 2:13
• 13 Red Riff 1:49
• 14 Chorale Flautando 1:51
• 15 Cycling Over the Cliff 4:08
• 16 First Light 0:51
• 17 Olwyn Grainger 2:24
• 18 Betty McGowan 6:12
• 19 Lottie Hare 1:18

Disc 9

• 1 Introduction 1:52
• 2 Ruins I 6:35
• 3 Half Asleep, Half Awake 4:11
• 4 Ruins II 0:59
• 5 Heron Shower Over Hamburg 2:28
• 6 Nix 0:07
• 7 Halsteren 1 1:08
• 8 Solo 1 1:08
• 9 Solo Extension 1 2:21
• 10 Halsteren 2 1:24
• 11 Extension 1 0:17
• 12 Halsteren 3 0:52
• 13 First Suspension 4:28
• 14 Extension 2 2:58
• 15 Extension 3 1:19
• 16 Solo 2 1:20
• 17 Solo Extension 2 2:32
• 18 Halsteren 4 0:17
• 19 Second Suspension 2:34
• 20 Extension 4 1:58
• 21 Solo 3 0:49
• 22 Solo Extension 3 3:17
• 23 Halsteren 5 1:21
• 24 Living in the Heart of the Beast 1 1:30
• 25 Living in the Heart of the Beast 2 1:01
• 26 Living in the Heart of the Beast 3 1:36
• 27 Living in the Heart of the Beast 4 1:48
• 28 Living in the Heart of the Beast 5 1:05
• 29 Living in the Heart of the Beast 6 2:48
• 30 Living in the Heart of the Beast 7 1:10
• 31 Living in the Heart of the Beast 8 0:59
• 32 Living in the Heart of the Beast 9 1:55

Disc 10

• 1 Fair as the Moon 5:59
• 2 Nirvana for Rabbits 4:48
• 3 Ottawa Song 3:41
• 4 Twilight Bridge 2:04
• 5 Gloria Gloom 2:17
• 6 Hamburg 1 4:15
• 7 Hamburg 2 3:27
• 8 Red Noise 10 3:16
• 9 Hamburg 3 5:30
• 10 Hamburg 4 2:40
• 11 Hamburg 5 5:25
• 12 Terrible as an Army With Banners 3:34
• 13 A Heart 9:03
• 14 Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road 5:12
• 15 We Did It Again 6:29

Disc 11

• 1 Trondheim I 7:07
• 2 Trondheim I 2:24
• 3 Trondheim I 4:53
• 4 Trondheim I 4:59
• 5 Trondheim I 4:46
• 6 Trondheim I 7:16
• 7 Trondheim I 3:49
• 8 Trondheim I 7:45
• 9 Trondheim I 4:54
• 10 Trondheim I 0:28

Disc 12

• 1 Trondheim II 6:11
• 2 Trondheim II 1:13
• 3 Trondheim II 10:05
• 4 Trondheim II 4:44
• 5 Trondheim II 2:54
• 6 Trondheim II 6:43
• 7 The March 6:26

Disc 13

• 1 Stockholm 1 6:36
• 2 Erk Gah (aka Hold to the Zero Burn), Part 1 3:28
• 3 Erk Gah, Part 2 2:55
• 4 Erk Gah, Part 3 2:27
• 5 Erk Gah, Part 4 6:17
• 6 Erk Gah, Part 5 1:59
• 7 A Bridge to Ruins 5:08
• 8 Ottawa Song 3:27
• 9 Goteborg 1, Part 1 6:06
• 10 Goteborg 1, Part 2 8:20
• 11 Goteborg 1, Part 3 2:27
• 12 No More Songs 3:35
• 13 Stockholm 2 6:13
• 14 The March 4:12

Disc 14

• 1 Joan 5:28
• 2 Teenbeat 2 8:05
• 3 Would You Prefer Us to Lie? 4:28
• 4 Untitled Piece 11:31
• 5 Chaumont 1 9:01
• 6 Chaumont 2 2:14
• 7 March 7:00
• 8 Brain Storm Over Barnsley 3:23
• 9 Teenbeat 3 6:45
• 10 Post‐Teen Auditorium Invasion 3:56
• 11 Bucket Waltz 4:25
• 12 On Suicide 3:42

Disc 15

• 1 Armed Maniac / Things We Forgot 11:54
• 2 New Suite: Van Fleet 1:49
• 3 New Suite: Viva Pa Ubu Instrumental Extract 4:35
• 4 New Suite: The Big Tune Begins 0:45
• 5 New Suite: The Big Tune Continues 2:11
• 6 New Suite: The Big Tune Ends 1:30
• 7 New Suite: March 3:46
• 8 Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 1 9:40
• 9 Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 2 6:20
• 10 Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 3 4:40
• 11 Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 4 10:09
• 12 Die Kunst der Orgel: Bremen 5 3:36
• 13 Die Kunst der Orgel: Erk Gah Instrumental Extract 1 5:15
• 14 Die Kunst der Orgel: Erk Gah Instrumental Extract 2 7:48

Disc 16

• 1 Joy of Sax 3:49
• 2 Jackie‐ing 1:15
• 3 Untitled 2 1:32
• 4 The Herring People 2:07
• 5 RIO 1 6:05
• 6 RIO 2 4:25
• 7 RIO 3 4:14
• 8 RIO 4 2:25
• 9 Half the Sky 5:05
• 10 Virgins of Illinois 2:13
• 11 Viva Pa Ubu 2:17

Disc 17

• 1 Beautiful As… 6:50
• 2 Vevey 1 8:49
• 3 Terrible As… 2:19
• 4 Tim Speaks 1:04
• 5 No More Songs 3:48
• 6 LITHOTB 16:57
• 7 Vevey 2 13:51
• 8 March 2:42
• 9 Erk Gah 18:28

Disc 18

• 1 Pre Virgin Demo 1 4:00
• 2 Pre Virgin Demo 2 1:08
• 3 Unidentified Improvisation 1 1:31
• 4 Unidentified Improvisation 2 5:43
• 5 Unidentified Late Composition 2:10
• 6 Exploded Amygdala / Teen Introduction 3:46
• 7 Lovers of Gold 6:35
• 8 Hamburg 6 5:33
• 9 Ruins Extract 8:24
• 10 Hamburg 7 9:52
• 11 Half the Sky 5:07
• 12 Extract From the Glove 2:18

Disc 19

• 1 Poglith Drives a Vauxhall Viva 11:05
• 2 Amygdala (remix) 6:55
• 3 9 Funerals of the Citizen King (remix) 5:26
• 4 Nirvana for Mice (live, June 1974) 3:07
• 5 Free (live, June 1974) 3:23
• 6 Fugue (live, June 1974) 2:15
• 7 Teenbeat Extract (live, June 1974) 3:44
• 8 Sundssvall, or Helsinki 6:19
• 9 Torchfire 4:52
• 10 [untitled] 3:40
• 11 Would You Prefer Us to Lie? 8:04
• 12 Viva Pa Ubu 4:24
• 13 Slice 0:38
• 14 Look Back (alt. version) 1:19
• 15 Erk Gah Extract (instrumental version) 3:35
• 16 Drones 2:37
• 17 Living in the Heart of the Beast (instrumental version extract) 6:14

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