The self-titled album, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, is the second studio album by The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Recorded between 1977 and 1980, it was released in 1981. By this point, the band’s lineup had greatly expanded, with contributions from Simon Jeffes, Helen Leibmann, Steve Nye, and Gavyn Wright of the original quartet, as well as Geoff Richardson, Peter Veitch, Braco, Giles Leamna, Julio Segovia, and Neil Rennie. The Boston Globe stated it was “one of the most eccentric records released this year or any year… It’s also one of the most delightful.” In 2021, Penguin Cafe Orchestra was named one of the fifty best albums of 1981 by Spin. This re-press uses the 2008 remaster, is pressed on apricot vinyl, and features a cover painting by Emily Young.

• 1Air Danser
• 2Yodel 1
• 3Telephone and Rubber Band
• 4Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter
• 5Pythagoras’s Trousers
• 6Numbers 1-4
• 7Yodel 2
• 8Salty Bean Fumble
• 9Paul’s Dance
• 10The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas
• 11Walk Don’t Run
• 12Flux
• 13Simon’s Dream
• 14Harmonic Necklace
• 15Steady State