A Doughnut in Both Hands

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rdf:langString A Doughnut in Both Hands is a live album by British vocalist Phil Minton. His first solo album, it was recorded during 1975–1982 at various locations, and was initially released on LP in 1981 by Rift Records. In 1998, Emanem Records reissued the album on CD with six extra tracks. A Doughnut in Both Hands is the first in a group of four albums the titles of which refer to doughnuts. A Doughnut in One Hand was released in 1998, and was followed by No Doughnuts in Hand (2008) and A Doughnut's End (2015). According to vocalist and writer Chris Tonelli, "the importance of this series cannot be overstated, for these four records, by confusing and complicating entrenched notions of what vocal sounds are ugly and what are beautiful, challenge a pervasive order of the valuable and valueless." When asked about the emotional content of his music, Minton replied: "there are so many sort of subjective associations with vocal sounds... I've just got to listen to them in an abstract way... I'm just hearing it just as sound and music, actually. I have to disassociate myself from any of the emotional associations."