The Needle Was Traveling is the sixth full-length release by Tarwater, an electronic music group from Berlin, Germany. The album debuted on March 22, 2005.

The Needle Was Traveling
Studio album by Tarwater
Released	March 21, 2005 (Germany)
Genre	Indietronica, Post-rock
Label	Morr Music
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Track listing

1. "Across the Dial"
2. "Stone"
3. "Seven of Nine"
4. "Entry"
5. "Babylonian Tower"
6. "TV Blood"
7. "The People"
8. "All That"
9. "Jackie"
10. "Yeah!"
11. "In a Single Place"
12. "Ninety Days"
13. "Unseen in the Disco"
14. "Home Tonight"

Lyric Origin

Many of the lyrics from The Needle Was Traveling are direct sentences that can be found in various short stories or books, with each song relating to a singular, specific story. For example, the lyrics from "Across the Dial" can be found in Roald Dahl's "The Sound Machine," a short story in his collection Skin and Other Stories. "Ninety Days" lyrics can be read from text in Valis, a science fiction novel written by Philip K. Dick.

External links

• The Needle Was Traveling at Discogs