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Monday, 17 February 2025

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

 

The double album "Ummagumma" was a huge disappointment when I bought it. I thought the live album was pretty decent, although I was already familiar with "Careful With That Axe Eugene" as it was on the "Relics" compilation album, whilst the two songs on Side Two were on "A Saucerful of Secrets". "Astronomy Domine" was new to me though, as at the time I was still to acquire "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", and I quite liked the version here.

Although there is nearly 40 minutes of live music, it is only four tracks, with extended instrumentation to extend the timings compared to the studio versions. It might have been nice to have included a couple of short songs for a bit of variety.

Whilst it might sound like a good idea to give each band member half a side to come up with something of their own, it merely proved that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The word experimental can be used to describe large chunks of it, although pretentious crap also fits. It seems the band had been given a sounds effects machine and they were determined to overuse it.

The best thing about "Ummagumma" is its cover, which I now know features a Droste effect, where in the picture on the wall, the band members keep change places.

Listening again to "Ummagumma" after a gap of at least 45 years, my opinion hasn't changed.

Side One opens with Syd Barrett's "Astronomy Domine" at double the length of the original, with a lengthy keyboard solo repeating the main riff. It is still the best track on the album.

"Careful With That Axe, Eugene" has gentle cymbals to start with, then a soft psychedelic organ. The pace changes around the three minute mark with the spoken line of the title, screams and bass and guitar kick in and the drumming gets a lot heavier. It was nice to hear it again.

The version of "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" is double the length of the album version, with the drumming much more to the fore and the vocal barely a whisper. There are some weird noises in the middle section, before the bass riff returns.

I didn't really like the studio version "A Saucerful Of Secrets" but part 4 here is much improved with some elegant organ and supporting drumming building to the crescendo, where just Gilmour's voice replaces the choir on the studio version.

Richard Wright's contribution is "Sysyphus", at nearly 14 minutes long, and in four parts is mostly pretentious rubbish. Sisyphus is a character from Greek mythology whom the gods forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down every time it neared the top, repeating this action for eternity. Part 1 is a short piece with mellotron and drums and is vaguely menacing. Part 2 begins with  almost pleasant piano a la a Chopin sonata, but becomes just a pounding of the keys as if a small child had been let loose on the keyboard and is unlistenable. Part 3 consists of piano and noises similar to "Several Species Of Small Fury Animals ( see below ), whilst Part 4 has a slow, spacy mellotron with a hint of "Silent Night", leading into the last four minutes of tuneless noise, until finishing with a reprise of the motif from Part 1.

Roger Waters' "Grantchester Meadows" is actually a song !  It is over 7 minutes long, with birdsong for a lengthy intro before becoming a gentle pastoral piece, with just voice and acoustic guitar. I keep thinking that the tender acoustic guitar solo will become Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley", but it doesn't, and instead there is the sound of a swan honking and then taking off from the water. The track finished finishes with the sound of a bee, then some footsteps, before the bee is swatted. 

Waters' second contribution is "Several Species Of Small Fury Animals". At 5 minutes long it is not music, just noise and is simply dreadful. It ends with some jibberish in a Scottish accent. Great title, dreadful track.

Side Four begins with David Gilmour's "The Narrow Way", which is in three parts. Part One is a listenable acoustic guitar piece until some slide guitar and noises spoil it near the end. Part 2 has a sinister guitar and a bass riff similar to "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" before becoming more unlistenable noise. Part 3 has some singing and a reasonable tune.

Coming from the drummer, Nick Mason's "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party"is predictably a waste of vinyl. A short flute intro is harmless enough but the second part is percussion, tape effects and then a drum solo before a reprise of flutes for the exit. I'll be happy to never have to hear it again.......

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Astronomy Domine
2. Careful With That Axe Eugene

Side Two :

1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
2. A Saucerful Of Secrets
 

Side Three :

1. Sysyphus
2. Grantchester Meadows
3. Several Species Of Small Fury Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
 

Side Four :

1. The Narrow Way
2. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party
 

Released 1969
UK Chart Position :5




 

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Pink Floyd - Soundtrack From The Film More

 

Released in 1969, "The Soundtrack From The Film More" was the third album by Pink Floyd. "More" was a debut film from director Barbet Schroeder, and when I acquired the album in the mid 1970s the only thing I knew about Schroeder was that he had also been the director of the 1972 film "La Vallee", for which Floyd had also produced the soundtrack.

Schroeder went on to achieve wider recognition for being the director of "Single White Female" and had a cameo as the French President in the file "Mars Attacks".

The stars of "More" were Mimsi Farmer and Klaus Grunberg. I'd not heard of them at the time and still have no idea who they are, apart from Farmer was American and Grunberg was German.

I have not seen "More" and it is not something I have ever seen in the UK TV schedules, although I can now see it is on YouTube to watch if I want to.

Wikipedia reports that the film was in English and set in Ibiza and Paris, with the main theme being about heroin addiction and with the main character committing suicide at the end of the film by a drug overdose after discovering his lover had been cheating on him with her ex-boyfriend.

The album cover I have was from EMI Italiana SPA and lists the band as The Pink Floyd rather than just Pink Floyd.

Prior to buying the album I was aware of "Cirrus Minor" and "The Nile Song", as both songs were on the "Relics" compilation which I already had. At the time I thought "Green Is The Colour" and "Cymbaline" were fantastic songs  and showcased the growing maturity of Roger Waters' lyrics. However, I thought side two was mostly awful and was probably played it only a handful of times. Apart from the four songs mentioned above I had no recollection of any of the other tracks.

Dave Gilmour sings the lead vocal on all songs. "More" is the only album where this happens until Roger Waters left the band.

The album opens with "Cirrus Minor", with birds tweeting for nearly a minute for the intro, before a gentle acoustic guitar and psychedelic organ come in. The slow and dreamy pastoral ballad finishes with a lengthy choral organ outro very similar to the final section of "A Saucerful Of Secrets". The track doesn't have any drumming or percussion, and I have no what the song is about !

"The Nile Song" comes as a bit of a shock as Floyd do their best Black Sabbath heavy metal impression, and if it had been released 20 years later it might have been called grunge ! There is an insane guitar solo and manic drumming. Gilmour’s gruff vocal is very much in contrast to some of the tender singing on other tracks. You would never guess this was Pink Floyd.......

The mood reverts back to dreamy and pastoral with "The Crying Song" with the return of slow acoustic guitar and keyboards giving the song a lullaby feel, before a slide guitar outro. Floyd were ahead of Mott The Hoople as Gilmour sings “We roll and roll, help me roll away the stones"!

The instrumental "Up The Khyber" features drumming very similar to the second section of "A Saucerful Of Secrets" and some jazz piano as if a cat was walking across the keyboard, before some psychedelic organ. I can't say I like it very much.

"Green Is The Colour" is  beautiful song with a nice plucked acoustic guitar intro and tin whistle, not played particularly well by Nick Mason’s wife. Gilmour provides another tender vocal over Richard Wright's tinkling of the ivories, before a lovely piano dominated outro."Green is the colour of her kind, quickness of the eye deceives the mind. Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned".

The Carole King style piano again underpins the playing of "Cymbaline", which is the most sophisticated song on the album. I love the the lengthy organ outro. "Your manager and agent are both busy on the phone, selling coloured photographs to magazines back home".

Side one closes with "Party Sequence" an instrumental just over a minute long, being mostly a drum solo with the tin whistle making another appearance.

There is only one proper song on side two, with "Ibiza Bar" being virtually "Nile Song 2". The barely a minute long "A Spanish Piece" is quite interesting with flamenco style guitar and Gilmour speaking with a dreadful Spaghetti Western Mexican accent. "Pass The Tequilla, Manuel" and "Laugh at my lisp and I kill you !"

The best of the four remaining instrumentals is "Main Theme", with gongs/cymbals to begin with, then a psychedelic organ before a Kraftwerk style motif on organ. It was probably a decade ahead of its time.

As it says on the tin, "More Blues" is a blues instrumental with just guitar and light drums, with the guitar lines hinting at the guitar to come in 1975 on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

"Dramatic Theme" is mostly forgettable psychedelic guitar whilst the dreadful seven minute long "Quicksilver" is mostly a repeat of the first part of "A Saucerful of Secrets".

The instrumentals on More are mostly filler, and whilst they are probably suitable as background noise to the drama in the film, most of them don't stand up on their own. The notable exception was "Main Theme" which surprised me by how good it sounds now. 

"Green Is The Colour" and "Cymbaline" remain important songs in the Pink Floyd back catalogue.

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Cirrus Minor
2. The Nile Song
3. Crying Song
4. Up The Khyber
5. Green Is The Colour
6. Cymbaline
7. Party Sequence

Side Two :

1. Main Theme
2. Ibiza Bar
3. More Blues
4. Quicksilver
5. A Spanish Piece
6. Dramatic Theme

Released 1969
UK Chart Position : 9




Thursday, 9 January 2025

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets

 

"A Saucerful Of Secrets" was the second album from Pink Floyd. As described in the review of "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", I sold my copy after purchasing the double compilation album " A Nice Pair", which was cheaper than a single copy of Piper.

Whilst I quite liked the album, I thought it to be a mismash of styles, with Floyd clearly not knowing what direction to take after the departure of Syd Barrett, previously their main song-writer, singer and guitarist, and being replaced by David Gilmour.

The album had three lengthy tracks to re-enforce their space cadet credentials, two piano dominated melodic songs from keyboard player Richard Wright, a lightweight almost fun song from Roger Walters, and "Jugband Blues", the final contribution from Syd, which shone a bright light on his ongoing mental decay, and is by far and away the most interesting song on the album.

I had been aware of three of the tracks on the album prior to buying it. "Remember A Day" had been included on the "Relics" compiliation, whilst live versions of "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and A Saucerful Of Secrets" were on "Ummagumma".

The album begins with "Let There Be More Light" which has a throbbing bass and swirling keyboards for the intro, before leading into a slow, repetitive verse sung by Wright, then Gilmour sings the rising refrain. The keyboards somehow remind me a little of Procol Harem and there is some psychedelic guitar for the lengthy outro. The lyrics seem to be about an alien spaceship landing at the Mildenhall Air Force Base in Suffolk but there is also a reference to The Beatles and LSD with line "Lucy In The Sky !". It sounded much better than I remembered.

"Remember A Day", written and sung by Richard Wright, has a dreamy feel to it. Syd Barrett contributes on the slide guitar but the ivory playing dominates, although the pounding drums are significant.

"Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" has a dominant bass riff, but there is also tribal drums, crashing cymbals and eerie keyboards.

The Beatles like "Corporal Clegg" closes side one and is sung by Nick Mason, with Gilmour and Wright signing the dreamy chorus. It is perhaps most notably for its Kazoo solo played by drummer Mason.

"A Saucerful Of Secrets" takes up most of side two, being a 12 minute long instrumental in four parts. The opening section reminds me of the music from the Clangers, the second section is basically a drum solo with some random poundings on a piano and distorted guitar sounds. The third part has some funeral style keyboards before moving into an uplifting organ piece with a choir singing a wordless chorus. Listening to it now it sounds a mess, and for me the final section is the only part worth listening to again. I always thought the live version was better, we will see if that is still the case when I get around to playing "Ummagumma" again !

"See-Saw" is dreamy piano ballad written and sung by Richard Wright, who also plays the organ, mellotron and xylophone. It does sound very 1960s but is another track that was better than I remembered.

The album finishes with "Jugband Blues". Despite his ongoing Schizophrenia, it shows that Barrett was aware that he was being forced out of the band. "It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here, and I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here". The song has a jaunty brass section before submerging into sounds of The Salvation Army playing as if they were marching in the street. The song powerfully ends with just a faintly strummed guitar and the vocal of "And the sea isn’t green, and I love the Queen. And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?"

In summary, "A Saucerful Of Secrets" is a much better album than many people give credit to, although I could do away with the title track.

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Let there Be More Light
2. Remember A Day
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
4. Corporal Clegg

Side One :

1. A Saucerful Of Secrets
2. See-Saw
3. Jugband Blues

Released 1968
UK Chart Position : 9















Friday, 13 December 2024

Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn


A confession. I don't actually own a copy of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn !

Although my brother had "Relics", a compilation of singles, B-sides and unreleased tracks released in 1971, I only started to get into Pink Floyd in 1975/76, and gradually acquired their back catalogue, until the only album left was Piper.

When I went to my local record store to buy it, I noticed that "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was double the price of "A Nice Pair", the double album consisting of Floyd's first two albums, "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets", which was released in 1973 to cash in on the success of "Dark Side Of The Moon". As I already had a copy of "A Saucerful Of Secrets" I ummed and arred for a few minutes, before I decided to buy "A Nice Pair", and the following week sold my copy of "A Saucerful Of Secrets"to a classmate at school, so it was a win-win !

I was already familar with some of the tracks on "Piper At The Gates of Dawn". "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Bike" had been included on "Relics" and an eight minute live version of  "Astronomy Dominie" was on "Ummagumma". The other eight songs were all new to me.

Floyd recorded "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" in the studio next door to the one where the Beatles were recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the two bands reportedly regularly sat in on the other's recording sessions. Consequently, many critics have made comparisons between the two albums and their LSD psychedelia.

Pink Floyd's singer, song-writer and guitarist was Syd Barrett, who had composed their catchy first two singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", both of which were Top 20 chart successes. 

"Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" consists of two distinct types of music, being either mostly instrumental experimental pieces, or Syd's childlike, whimsical melodic pop songs, which covered wide ranging subjects from a cat, a fairy story of a king told by his mother, sitting in clouds, a gnome, a scarecrow, his bike and a mouse named Gerald.

Shortly after the release of Piper, Syd Barrett suffered from what is today referred to as "mental health issues" and was replaced in the band by Dave Gilmour.

"Astronomy Dominie" is the first of the experimental tracks and was probably the start of Floyd being labelled "space cadets". The live version on Ummagumma contains substantial instrumental sections additional to the studio version, which commences with NASA astronaut communication talk and Morse code in the intro before the jerky guitar comes into. The song does have a notable spaced out guitar break. For me it is the most interesting song on the album. "Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania. Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.WOOO-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo!!"

"Pow R. Toc H" begins with some weird vocal sounds "Pum, pum, chi chi" and "Doi Doi" but then launches into jazzy piano and tribal drums, and is essentially an instrumental. The middle section has a short guitar piece that might typically come from a Western movie, and organ and guitar in the fade out until a climax of a guitar imitating someone being shot.

The final experimental number is "Interstellar Overdrive", a nine minutes long instrumental with a memorable riff before meandering off into free form jamming. It has featured in a couple of episodes of "Heartbeat", usually when there is a car chase !

Of the more straight-forward Barrett material, "Lucifer Sam" has a 1960s detective series guitar style riff but is actually a song about his cat ."That cat's something I can't explain". After "Astromony Dominie" it is my favourite song on Piper.

The fairy story of a king told by his mother is "Matilda Mother" which is slow and dreamy, with an organ intro and a psychedelic organ break. The backing harmonies are annoying and it now sounds like a bit of a dirge.

In contrast "Flaming" has a childlike, joyously happy melody with some nice keyboards in the middle break-out. "Alone in the clouds all blue, lying on an eiderdown. Yippee! You can’t see me But I can you"

"The Gnome" is a childlike nursery song with mostly acoustic guitar, drums and bass, although chiming keyboards enter later. 1967 was a good year for Gnomes, with David  Bowie also writing The Laughing Gnome"..... "I want to tell you a story, 'bout a little man, if I can. A gnome named Grimble Gromble, and little gnomes stay in their homes. Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine".

"Chapter 24" is a slow dirge, with psychedelic keyboards, but nice backing vocals from Richard Wright. The lyrics are deep and meaningless. " All movement is accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return".

"The Scarecrow" is a forgettable song dominated with percussion and tinny keyboards whilst "Bike" is a whimsical song about Syd's bike, his old coat, a mouse named Gerald, gingerbread men and room of musical tunes. It finishes with about a minute and a half of weird clockwork sounds and  music box noises, before the sounds of squawking geese to finish.

"Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk" is the only non Syd Barrett composition , written and sung by Roger Walters. It's not particularly any good but the guitar break is quite manic.

In conclusion, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn hasn't aged particularly well. That is not to say it isn't an important album, and there are some inspired moments, but when it comes to childlike whimsy, and rock n'roll for the under 5s, Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers did it so much better !

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Astronomy Dominie
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R. Toc H
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk

Side Two :

1. Interstellar Overdrive
2. The Gnome
3. Chapter 24
4. The Scarecrow
5.
Bike

Released 1967
UK Chart Position : 6





 

Sunday, 1 December 2024

The Pixies - Doolittle

 


I had no idea who The Pixies were but their single "Monkey Gone To Heaven" topped the Indie Singles Chart and seemed to be in top 5 for ages, even if it didn't crack the mainstream Top 50. I had never heard it ! When I finally got to hear it I thought it was really good, so I took a punt on buying the album which included it. 

Being a big fan of The Cure I had always liked music where the bass was to the fore, so naturally I took a liking to Doolitte.

Doolittle contained numerous great bass patterns and backing vocals from Kim Deal, a formula subsequently copied by The Lemonheads on their "It's A Shame About Ray" and "Come on Feel The Lemonheads" albums.

The album had 15 short songs, so if you don't like one there would be another one along soon. However, I thought every track was brilliant !

The term Grunge hadn't been coined at the time. If it had, it probably would have been applied to The Pixies, especially as Nirvana were heavily influenced by them. As it was, Doolittle had a mixture of styles. Whilst much of it could be labelled alternative rock or indie, there were also moments of pop, surf, screeching guitars, new wave, punk and even spaghetti western !

Regardless of the genre, Doolittle showcased The Pixies habit of having soft, quiet verses and loud choruses. Or slow, slow, quick, quick slow as one critic dubbed it.

I didn't really listen to the lyrics so I had no idea of the themes on the album, I just liked the sound. Only later did I learnt that the emphasis was on religion, violence, torture and death !

I thought Doolittle it was a tremendous album and thought songs such as "Debaser", "Wave of Mutilation", "Here Comes Your Man", "Monkey's Gone To Heaven", "Mr Grieves", "Hey" and "Gouge Away" were outstanding. 

Looking at the track listing now there were only four tracks I couldn't remember, so this was going to be an enjoyable re-listen.

Side one begins in some style with "Debaser" which has a bass intro, a great guitar line, shouty vocals,some thrash and a great tune. I later saw it refereed to as punk/surf which seems to be a good description.

"Tame" is next and is possibly the most typical of the quiet verse, loud chorus song performances of The Pixies. It has a bass and drums intro, then a whispered vocal until the thrash comes in.

 "Wave of Mutilation" is another strong tune whilst "I Bleed" is slow and has joint vocals from Frontman Black Francis and Kim Deal.

"Here Comes Your Man" is a great toe tapping pop song. I love the guitar riff and overall pacing of the song.

"Dead" has some screech guitar, funky bass and shouty vocals. A great guitar break bursts through the noise.

"Monkey Gone To Heaven" closes side one. Another slow, quiet verse with bass and strings before a , glorious chorus and then a guitar break similar to the one on The Cure's "Strange Day". The lyrics "if Man is five, and the Devil is six, then God is seven, this monkey's gone to heaven" are at the core of the song.

Side two opens with "Mr Grieves" which has an almost ska guitar intro, a slow verse, then switches to fast punk/hillbilly before slowing down again. "Hope everything's all right"

"Crackity Jones" is frantic noise but a tune breaks out.

 "La La Love You" has a crooning vocal from drummer David Lovering. There's a drum intro, some whistling, great guitar, and acoustic guitar at the end

 "No 13 Baby" is another track with toe-tapping bass, a stressed vocal, screeching guitar and a long outro, with bass and acoustic guitar and then a superb guitar line. It is actually track 11 on the album, and I've no idea what No 13 means in the song !

"There Goes My Gun" has the type of beat that would be in a Western film, and even has a spaghetti western style guitar break.

"Hey" has a lovely switch from verse to the chorus. There is more great bass and tender guitar lines "Hey, been trying to meet you".

"Silver" the only Kim Deal song on the album. It's very slow, conjures up images of a deserted town in a Western film. Deal even plays the slide guitar. "In this land of strangers, there are dangers, there are sorrows"

The album finishes with the excellent "Gouge Away", which has more great driving bass leading into fast chorus, then back to slower beat. It is perhaps the ultimate Pixies track. "You can gouge away, stay all day if you want to".

In summary, I really enjoyed listening to Doolittle again and it remains a fantastic album !

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. Wave of Mutilation
4. I Bleed
5. Here Comes Your Man
6. Dead
7. Monkey Gone To Heaven

Side Two :

1. Mr Grieves
2. Crackity Jones
3. La La Love You
4. No. 13 Baby
5. There Goes My Gun
6. Hey
7. Silver
8. Gouge Away

Released 1989
UK Chart Position : 8

Singles :

Monkey Gone To Heaven ( No 60 - 1989 )
Here Comes Your Man ( No 56 - 1989 )
Debaser ( No 23 - 1997 )


 

Sunday, 3 November 2024

Tom Petty And the Heartbreakers - Dam The Torpedoes


Dam The Torpedoes was the third album released by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. There had been a long gap between this and their second album due to contractual issues with his record label, with Petty being sued for breach of contract, who in turn declared himself bankrupt. In the end Petty won a much improved deal, and when the album was finally released it was well worth the wait.

I thought it was terrific, packed with brilliant songs, towering hooks and a big production which firmly moved the band from new wave to mainstream rock, if there was ever any doubt beforehand.

Surprisingly there album spawned no hit singles in the UK, but "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Refugee" made the top 15 in the US. I particularly liked the first four songs on side one and "Louisiana Rain".

"Refugee" opens side one starting with soaring organ and a biting guitar intro. The slow, almost spoken verse bordering on subdued rises to a glorious chorus.

"Here Comes My Girl" again has a spoken verse leading into a melodic chorus. There is more organ and jangle guitar.

"Even The Losers" begins with a train effect drum and bass, then a women's voice "it's just the normal noises in here" before launching into an infectious tune. It has another big chorus with swirling organ and a searing guitar break.

"Shadow Of A Doubt ( Complex Kid )" has a big intro and mid tempo toe-tapping verse, and a terrific guitar solo. "She likes to keep me guessing, she's got me on the fence.With a little bit of mystery, she's a complex kid".

"Century City" is a standard R&B rocker but it's all slightly a little bit derivative. It's the only weak track on the album

Side two begins with "Don't Do Me Like That" full of piano plinks and swirling organ.

"You Tell Me" has a  menacing slow tempo with the piano to the fore. It clearly inspired Sheryl Crow 15-20 years later.

"What Are You Doin' In My Life" is Southern Boogie, with rock n'roll piano and a slide guitar solo.

The album closes "Louisiana Rain" which has slow Pink Floyd style keyboards to start with before stopping. A country flavoured ballad then starts. There is more slide guitar and a harmonica break.

Dam The Torpedoes remains a very good album

Track Listing :

Side One :

1. Refugee
2. Here Comes My Girl
3. Even The Losers
4. Shadow Of A Doubt ( A Complex Kid )
5. Century City

Side Two :

1. Don't Do Me Like That
2. You Tell Me
3. What Are You Doin' In My Life
4. Louisiana Rain

Released 1979
UK Chart Position : 57

Singles :

Don't Do Me Like That ( - 1979 )
Refugee ( - 1980 )
Here Comes My Girl ( - 1980 )