Exotica (Martin Denny album)


Exotica is the first album by Martin Denny, released in 1957. It contained Denny's most famous piece, "Quiet Village", and spawned an entire genre bearing its name. It was recorded December 1956 in Webley Edwards' studio in Waikiki. The album topped Billboard's charts in 1959.
The album was recorded in mono. It was re-recorded in stereo in 1958; by then, however, Denny's sideman Arthur Lyman had left the group, and was replaced by Julius Wechter. Denny preferred the original mono version: "It has the original spark, the excitement, the feeling we were breaking new ground."

Track listing

  1. "Quiet Village" – 3:39
  2. "Return to Paradise" – 2:19
  3. "Hong Kong Blues" – 2:15
  4. "Busy Port" – 2:50
  5. "Lotus Land" – 2:22
  6. "Similau" – 1:57
  7. "Stone God" – 3:07
  8. "Jungle Flower" – 1:46
  9. "China Nights" – 2:01
  10. "Ah Me Furi" – 2:08
  11. "Waipio" – 3:11
  12. "Love Dance" – 2:29

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