| The Country of Blinds | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Skeleton Crew |
| Cover: | SkeletonCrew AlbumCover CountryBlinds.jpg |
| Recorded: | December 1985 to January 1986 |
| Studio: | Kirchberg, Switzerland |
| Label: | Rift (US) |
| Producer: | Tim Hodgkinson |
| Prev Title: | Learn to Talk |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
The Country of Blinds is a studio album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew, recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland, December 1985 and January 1986. It was their second and final album and was released in 1986.
Skeleton Crew had become the trio of Fred Frith, Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins when this album was made. The music here is richer, more rhythmic and fuller-sounding and the songs more developed than on their first album; this ultimately led to the band's break-up. Frith explained that "we actually started to sound like a normal rock and roll band so it seemed kind of pointless to go on at that point."[1]
In 1990 RecRec Music re-issued The Country of Blinds together with Skeleton Crew's previous album Learn to Talk on a single compilation CD, Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds, omitting "Money Crack" from The Country of Blinds, and "Los Colitos" and "Life At The Top" from Learn to Talk.
In 2005 Fred Records re-issued Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds on a double compilation CD, omitting only "Money Crack" from The Country of Blinds, and adding ten extra tracks.