A Can of Bees

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk | contribs) at 21:43, 27 May 2016 (remove background parameter from infobox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10) link
Boise Weekly(not rated) [1]

A Can of Bees is the debut album by English band The Soft Boys. The album was reissued in 1984 with a different track listing on the second side.[2] Both versions of Side 2 appear on the CD reissue first put out by Two Crabs in 1990, subsequently reissued by Rykodisc in 1992, and released again by Yep Roc in 2010.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Give It to the Soft Boys"1:57
2."The Pig Worker"4:30
3."Human Music"4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves"5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer"3:19
6."Do the Chisel"3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab"2:54
9."Cold Turkey" (John Lennon)4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live)2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live)4:08

1984 reissue track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Give It to the Soft Boys"1:57
2."The Pigworker"4:29
3."Human Music"4:31
4."Leppo & The Jooves"5:29
5."The Rats Prayer"3:19
6."Do the Chisel"3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"3:39
8."Fatman's Son"2:38
9."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live)2:51
10."Ugly Nora" (Live)3:05
11."Cold Turkey" (John Lennon)4:16

1992 CD reissue track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Give It to the Soft Boys"1:57
2."The Pig Worker"4:30
3."Human Music"4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves"5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer"3:19
6."Do the Chisel"3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab"2:54
9."Cold Turkey" (John Lennon)4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live)2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live)4:08
12."Leppo & The Jooves"5:29
13."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"3:39
14."School Dinner Blues"2:14
15."Fatman's Son"2:38
16."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live)2:51
17."Ugly Nora" (Live)3:05

[4]

Personnel

  • Robyn Hitchcock – guitar, vocals, bass
  • Kimberley Rew – guitar, vocals
  • Jim Milton – harmonica, vocals, percussion
  • Gerry Hale – violin
  • Andy Metcalfe – bass, vocals
  • Morris Windsor – drums, vocals
  • Mike Kemp – engineer

References

  1. ^ Eric Austin (February 16, 2011). "The Soft Boys Re-issue A Can of Bees". Boise Weekly.
  2. ^ "Soft Boys, The - A Can Of Bees (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  3. ^ Christopher, James. "A Can of Bees - The Soft Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  4. ^ "Can of Bees: Soft Boys: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.