Monster Walks the Winter Lake

Monster Walks the Winter Lake
Studio album by David Thomas & The Wooden Birds
Released	March 1986
Recorded	November 18 – 21, 1985
Studio	Suma Recording (Painesville, OH)
Genre	Art rock, experimental rock
Length	35:58
Label	Twin/Tone
Producer	Paul Hamann
David Thomas chronology
More Places Forever (1985) Monster Walks the Winter Lake (1986) Blame the Messenger (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]

Monster Walks the Winter Lake is the fourth studio album by experimental singer-songwriter David Thomas, released in March 1986 by Twin/Tone Records.^[3] In 1997, the album was remastered by Paul Hamann and David Thomas for its inclusion in the Monster anthology box set.

Track listing

All lyrics written by David Thomas. 

Side one
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"My Theory of Spontaneous Simultude"	Daved Hild, Tony Maimone, Allen Ravenstine, Garo Yellin	3:21
2.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	4:34
3.	"Monster Walks the Winter Lake"	Daved Hild	2:43
4.	"Bicycle"	Tony Maimone	2:55
5.	"Coffee Train"	Allen Ravenstine	3:39
6.	"My Town"	David Thomas	6:03
7.	"Monster Magee, King of the Seas"	David Thomas	4:19
8.	"Monster Thinks About the Good Days"	Tony Maimone	5:17
9.	"What Happened to Me"	David Thomas	5:13

Personnel

Adapted from the Monster Walks the Winter Lake liner notes.^[4]

The Wooden Birds Daved Hild – percussion (1, 2, 9), backing vocals (2, 9), accordion (3) Tony Maimone – bass guitar, drums (5, 8), piano (5), horns (5) Allen Ravenstine – EML synthesizer David Thomas – lead vocals, accordion (2, 3, 5-7, 9) Garo Yellin – cello (1-3, 9)

Additional musicians Roz Ilett – accordion (4) Production and additional personnel Paul Hamann – production, recording, mixing, editing John Thompson – cover art Marshall J. Wolf – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	Twin/Tone	CD, LP	TTR 8667
United Kingdom		Rough Trade	LP	ROUGH 90

References

1. Anderson, Rick. "David Thomas: Monster Walks the Winter Lake > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
2. Christgau, Robert. "David Thomas". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
3. Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David (2007). "David Thomas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
4. Monster Walks the Winter Lake (booklet). David Thomas & The Wooden Birds. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twin/Tone Records. 1986.

External links

• Monster Walks the Winter Lake at Discogs (list of releases)