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Moss Elixir
Moss Elixir is an album by English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1996. It contains twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic. Moss Elixir came packaged in green and gold, continuing the theme of his earlier solo acoustic albums, I Often Dream of Trains and Eye. The CD insert includes a short story: a vaguely autobiographical, surrealist account of Hitchcock in the afterlife, which weaves several images and titles from the album's contents into its storyline, including the elixir of the album's title. "De Chirico Street" alludes to metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. The album's first single was "Alright, Yeah".
Article summary
Moss Elixir is an album by English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1996. It contains twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic. Moss Elixir came packaged in green and gold, continuing the theme of his earlier solo acoustic albums, I Often Dream of Trains and Eye. The CD insert includes a short story: a vaguely autobiographical, surrealist account of Hitchcock in the afterlife, which weaves several images and titles from the album's contents into its storyline, including the elixir of the album's title. "De Chirico Street" alludes to metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. The album's first single was "Alright, Yeah".
Key claims
- release date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1154001453
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