The Museum of Imaginary Animals explained

The Museum of Imaginary Animals
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pram
Cover:	Pram_Imaginary.jpg
Released:	2000
Genre:	Dream pop, Avant-garde
Length:	45:01
Label:	Domino Records Merge Records^[1]
Producer:	Pram
Prev Title:	North Pole Radio Station
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Dark Island
Next Year:	2003

The Museum of Imaginary Animals is the fifth album by the English band Pram, released in 2000.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote: "It's rare that a band can be this eccentric and daring without sounding contrived or wilfully obscure, but there's an abiding organicism at the heart of Pram that keeps them, well, not exactly grounded, but welcoming."^[4] The Washington Post wrote that "Pram isn't as out there as it wants to be, but much of The Museum of Imaginary Animals draws you in."^[5] NME deemed the album "fractured and spindly, plundering post-rock and jazz and dub, without really sounding like any of them."^[6]

Personnel

• Rosie Cuckston – vocals, keyboards, omnichord
• Matt Eaton - guitar, bass guitar, sampler, keyboards
• Sam Owen – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, accordion, woodwind
• Max Simpson – keyboards, sampler
• Stephen Perkins – drums, percussion
• Alex Clare – trumpet, trombone
• Nick Sales – keyboards, guitar, woodwind, theremin, sampler

External links

• Metroactive Music - 'Musical Animals' by Michelle Goldberg
• Information on Domino Records
• The Museum of Imaginary Animals on Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. December 15, 2000. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Pram | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Freak . Dave . Music Power: Unsung stars on the scene . Evening Mail . 19 Sep 2000 . 40.
4. Web site: Pram The Museum of Imaginary Animals. exclaim.ca.
5. News: PRAM "The Museum of Imaginary Animals" . The Washington Post . 15 April 2021.
6. Web site: Museum Of Imaginary Animals. . September 12, 2005.