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Release Date: Monday 13 June 2005
Exotica is the first album by Martin Denny, released in 1957. It contained Les Baxter'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 (not, as often reported, the Aluminum Dome at Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Complex). The album topped Billboard's charts in 1959.
Exotica I
1 Quiet Village 3:40
2 Return To Paradise 2:22
3 Hong Kong Blues 2:18
4 Busy Port 2:53
5 Lotus Land 2:25
6 Similau 2:00
7 Stone God 3:10
8 Jungle Flower 1:49
9 China Nights (Shina No Yoru) 2:04
10 Ah Me Furi 2:11
11 Waipo 3:14
12 Love Dance 2:36
Exotica II
13 Soshu Night Serenade 2:11
14 Island Of Dreams 2:56
15 Japanese Farewell Song 2:24
16 Singing Bamboos 2:10
17 The Queen Chant (E Lili U E) 2:49
18 Wedding Song (Ke Kali Ne Au) 2:47
19 Escales 2:41
20 When First I Love 2:25
21 August Bells 2:17
22 Bacoa 2:01
23 Ebb Tide 3:14
24 Rush Hour In Hong Kong 2:01