Fordlândia

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Fordlândia is the sixth studio album by the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and was released on 3 November 2008 on 4AD, after IBM 1401, A User's Manual from 2006. The album revolves around the idea of a failed utopia. In the 1920s Henry Ford established a rubber plantation in the Amazon, complete with American small towns, hamburgers and prohibition. The Brazilian workers rebelled, and no rubber was ever produced for Ford's car tyres.

Jóhannsson wrote, arranged and produced everything himself. He plays piano, organ, guitar and electronics. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus plays on four tracks, and there are also strings, clarinet, pipe organ and percussion. The short Melodia pieces run through the record like a thread. Recording took place in Prague, Drammen and Reykjavík. Vaughan Oliver of v23 designed the cover.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Fordlândia13:43Apple Music ↗
2. 2Melodia, Pt. I1:56Apple Music ↗
3. 3The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!)6:25Apple Music ↗
4. 4Melodia, Pt. II1:49Apple Music ↗
5. 5Fordlândia - Aerial View4:33Apple Music ↗
6. 6Melodia, Pt. III3:12Apple Music ↗
7. 7Chimaerica3:22Apple Music ↗
8. 8Melodia, Pt. IV2:45Apple Music ↗
9. 9The Great God Pan Is Dead4:56Apple Music ↗
10. 10Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based On Heim's Quantum Theory)9:04Apple Music ↗
11. 11How We Left Fordlândia15:24Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗