Galaxie 500 - Today

Today sleeve

CD - Schemer - 8905 (1989)

  • Damon Krukowski—Drums
  • Naomi Yang—Bass
  • Dean Wareham—Guitar, Vocals
  • Produced and engineered by Kramer at Noise New York 1988
  • Executive Producer Mark Alghini
  • Photography by Eugene Atget

Sleeve notes
Is it a band or a new astronomical configuration? Music is the backbeat of the spheres; and for once American Space travel pays off.

From the furthest reaches of space, that is, Kramer’s Noise New York Studio, float a few celestial riffs and spooky knocks. The lyrics were picked up by antenna. And only Kramer knows what else snuck in while the channels were open.

On Saturn they’re only just pickin’ up the signal. And the bartender says: these guys have a sound.

The sound is Today. A few light years away, but it’s still now. Flying out of the mystery and back in your life. By laser beam.

-Mickey Zebulon.

Tracks

NameAuthorNotes
Flowers Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Pictures Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Parking Lot Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste Jonathan Richman
Temperature's Rising Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Oblivious Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
It's Getting Late Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Instrumental Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Tugboat Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
King of Spain Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
Crazy Krukowski/Wareham/Yang
  • Today - Video Arts CD insert
  • Today - Video Arts CD disc
  • Today - Video Arts CD sleeve front
  • RODAY - Video Arts CD sleeve reverse
  • Today - Video Arts CD slip

Other versions

  • Today (Aurora - AU002 - 1988)

  • Today (Shimmy Disc Europe - 1989)

  • Today (Rough Trade - 1991)

  • Today (Rykodisc - 1997)

  • Today (Video Arts Music - 2008)

  • Today (Domino - 2010)

  • Today (20-20-20 - 2010)