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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Clogs (band)|Clogs]]
| cover      = Clogs_Lady_Walton_2010.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 2 March 2010
| recorded   = 2007–08
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Post-rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[Classical music|classical]]
| length     = 42:17
| label      = [[Brassland Records]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Lantern (Clogs album)|Lantern]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1719084/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev2score = (8.2/10)<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13989-the-creatures-in-the-garden-of-lady-walton-veil-waltz-ep/ Pitchfork review]</ref>
|rev3 = [[Metacritic]]
|rev3score = (78/100)<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/clogs/creaturesinthegarden/ Metacritic review]</ref>
|rev4 = [[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]
|rev4score = (7/10)<ref>[http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/clogs_the_creatures_in_the_garden_of_lady_walton/ Under the Radar review]</ref>
|rev5 = [[All About Jazz]]
|rev5score = (favorable)<ref>[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35828/ All About Jazz review]</ref>
}}
'''''The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton''''' is an album by [[Clogs (band)|Clogs]], released in March 2010. This is their first non-instrumental album, featuring several guest singers, including [[Shara Worden]], singer and songwriter of the [[indie rock]] band [[My Brightest Diamond]], Matt Berninger, lead singer of Clogs' sister band [[The National (band)|the National]] and [[Sufjan Stevens]], a prominent [[indie folk]] singer/songwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/clogs/the-creatures-in-the-garden-of-lady-walton/36197/ | title=PreFixMag }}</ref>
The name of the album is a reference to  [[La Mortella]], a private garden on the Italian island of [[Ischia]] created by Lady [[Susana Walton]], wife of composer [[William Walton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35828|title = Clogs: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton album review @ All About Jazz| date=18 March 2010 }}</ref>
== Track listing ==
All songs written by Padma Newsome.
# "Cocodrillo" – 1:50
# "I Used to Do" – 4:35
# "On the Edge" – 4:01
# "Red Seas" – 6:13
# "The Owl of Love" – 4:11
# "Adages of Cleansing" – 5:54
# "Last Song" – 3:59
# "To Hugo" – 4:27
# "Raise the Flag" – 2:47
# "We Were Here" – 4:22
== Personnel ==
* Padma Newsome: violin, viola, mandola, celeste, voice
* [[Bryce Dessner]]: guitars, mandola, ukulele
* [[Aaron Dessner]]: guitar, bass guitar
* Thomas Kozumplik: percussion
* Rachael Elliott: bassoon
* [[Shara Worden]]: voice
* Matt Berninger: voice
* [[Sufjan Stevens]]: voice, banjo
* Sue Newsome: clarinet
* Michael Atkinson: horn
* Kyle Resnick: trumpet
* Osso String Quartet: Ha-yang Kim: cello, Irena Havel: viola da gamba, Vojtech Havel: viola da gambas, Luca Tarantino: baroque guitar, theorbo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35828|title = Clogs: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton album review @ All About Jazz| date=18 March 2010 }}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.brassland.org/album.php?catno=021/ Brassland.org]
* {{Official website|http://www.clogsmusic.com/|Clogs official website}}
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