Creative Playthings (album)

Creative Playthings
Studio album by Electric Company
Released	October 5, 2004
Recorded	Lab of Happy Dreams, Encino, CA
Genre	IDM
Length	42:11
Label	Tigerbeat6
Producer	Brad Laner
Brad Laner chronology
It's Hard to Be a Baby (2003) Creative Playthings (2004) Neighbor Singing (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.1/10)[2]

Creative Playthings is the seventh album by Electric Company, released on October 5, 2004 through Tigerbeat6.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brad Laner

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stand Close, Don't Flatter Yourself"	2:22
2.	"A Rainbow of Traction"	2:21
3.	"The Crab Eating Fox"	2:03
4.	"Early Teeth"	2:10
5.	"Theme from the Mushroom Shaped Tongue"	2:21
6.	"Is There Another Door to Door?"	2:34
7.	"Cancer and My Name Is Larry"	2:00
8.	"Crates of Dead Orange Markers"	1:29
9.	"Last Anus for 17 Miles"	2:21
10.	"Jarhead"	2:31
11.	"Vernal Blue Extract"	2:53
12.	"Recalcitrant Remote Comptroller"	2:10
13.	"Eighteen Hard Feelings"	2:36
14.	"She'll Be in Foal Again"	2:01
15.	"Murexes and Sacoglossans"	2:06
16.	"The Purveyor of Delusion"	2:17
17.	"Other Numbers Besides Locomotion"	2:17
18.	"Little Chachalaca"	3:39

Personnel

• Brad Laner – vocals, instruments, production
• Chris Pitman – synthesizer
• Tim Saputo – design
• Terryn Westbrook – vocals

References

1. Theakston, Rob. "Creative Playthings". Allmusic. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
2. Macdonald, Cameron (November 14, 2004). "Electric Company: Creative Playthings". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 16, 2013.