Baroque pop
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Baroque pop is a style originated in the mid 1960s as the flipside of sunshine pop. It used similar orchestrations but was infused with a melodramatic edge.
[edit] Archetypal and seminal Baroque pop performers
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is considered an important album to this category, a lot of the later work of Phil Spector, who greatly influenced Brian Wilson's production style, is considered Baroque pop as well. Scott Walker is another important figure in the genre.
Others include:
- The Beatles
- Broken Social Scene
- Burt Bacharach
- Emitt Rhodes
- Harpers Bizarre
- Harry Nilsson
- Honeybus
- Judee Sill
- Love
- Nirvana - the UK-based band
- Rolling Stones
- The Ronnettes
- Sagittarius
- Serge Gainsbourg
- The Association, particularly owing to Curt Boettcher
- The Free Design
- The Left Banke
- The Millennium
- The Zombies
- Van Dyke Parks
[edit] Modern baroque pop
Modern baroque pop, characterized by an infusion of orchestral arrangements or classical type composition within an indie or indie pop setting, is also referred to as chamber pop or chamber rock. This style, with clear indie-rock inclinations, uses additional members in the band to create a fuller-bodied, more orchestral sound. Many artists often highlight songs with unique instruments not found in most modern popular music such as the accordion or harpsichord. The writing style of the genre often has a distinct narrative quality to it and often makes references to history, literature, philosophy, and folklore.
Popular baroque pop artists today include:[citation needed]
- Tori Amos
- Fiona Apple
- Ann Vriend
- Antony and the Johnsons
- Arcade Fire
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Beirut
- Björk
- Richard Barone
- Belle & Sebastian
- Andrew Bird
- Jon Brion
- British Sea Power
- Broken Social Scene
- Kate Bush
- Camera Obscura
- Cantinero
- Chris Garneau
- Clare & The Reasons
- The Clientele
- The Country Death
- The Dears
- The Decemberists
- Destroyer
- DeVotchKa
- The Divine Comedy
- Elliott Smith
- Goldfrapp
- Jeremy Enigk
- Feist
- Final Fantasy
- Filthybird
- Fleet Foxes
- The Format
- Grizzly Bear
- The Hidden Cameras
- I'm From Barcelona
- Kings of Convenience
- Kiss Kiss
- The Last Shadow Puppets
- Jens Lekman
- Sondre Lerche
- Lethy
- Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
- Matt Pond PA
- Mercury Rev
- Millbrook
- Momus
- The Most Serene Republic
- Naked Raven
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Kaitlyn Ni Donovan
- Nil Karaibrahimgil
- Joanna Newsom
- Okkervil River
- One Ring Zero
- Panic at the Disco
- Paris Motel
- Pink Martini
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Matt Pond PA
- Rasputina
- Rufus Wainwright
- Secrets Between Sailors
- The Sharp Things
- The Shins
- Duncan Sheik
- Regina Spektor
- Roger Rocha & the Goldenhearts
- Sarah Slean
- Sea Wolf
- Stars
- St. Vincent
- Sufjan Stevens
- I Am Spy (band)
- Teenage Fanclub
- Teitur
- Kevin Tihista
- Vampire Weekend
- The Petty Thefts
- The Velvet Teen
- The Veils
- Very Secretary
- The Visible Men
- Wolf Parade
- We All Have Hooks For Hands
- Patrick Wolf
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