Jane from Occupied Europe
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[4] |
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...In "Jane from Occupied Europe" is the second album by British post-punk group Swell Maps. The original 1980 issue of the album, released on Rather Records/Rough Trade, contained the first fourteen tracks, and the reissue in 1989 released by Mute Records added eight bonus tracks.
Track listing
Original Album
Side One:
- "Robot Factory" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:27
- "Let's Buy a Bridge" (Sudden) – 1:55
- "Border Country" (Sudden) – 2:12
- "Cake Shop" (retitled "Cake Shop Girl" in the reissue) (Head) – 2:25
- "The Helicopter Spies" (Sudden) – 4:20
- "Big Maz in "The Desert From The Trolley"" (Swell Maps) – 5:11
- "Big Empty Field" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 3:44
- "Mining Villages" (Soundtracks/Sportsman) – 1:01
Side Two:
- "Collision with a Frogman vs. The Mangrove Delta Plan" (Swell Maps) – 8:06
- "Secret Island" (Sudden) – 4:34
- "Whatever Happens Next...." (Sudden) – 2:58
- "Blenheim Shots" (Sudden) – 3:42
- "A Raincoat's Room" (retitled "Raining in My Room" in the reissue) (Soundtracks) – 1:42
Bonus tracks
- "Let's Build a Car" (Sudden) – 3:06
- "Epic's Trip" (Soundtracks) – 0:55
- "...uh..." (Swell Maps) – 0:31
- "Secret Island" (instrumental) (Sudden) – 6:27
- "Amphitheatres" (Swell Maps) – 2:56
- "Big Empty Field" (No. 2) (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:59
- "The Stairs are Like an Avalanche" (Swell Maps) – 4:04
- "...then Poland" (Swell Maps) – 0:52
- "New York" (Sudden) - 3:19
Personnel
- Epic Soundtracks – drums, piano, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, violin, guitars, sax, concrete, typewriter
- Nikki Sudden – vocals, guitar, organ, toys, handclaps, bass, piano
- Jowe Head – bass, sax, guitar, toys, vocals
- Richard Earl – guitar, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, bass
- David Barrington – guitar, violin, kazoo, vocals, bass
- John Cockrill - handclaps and vocals on track 5
- Barry Gray – organ on track 2
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jane from Occupied Europe – Swell Maps". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Tangari, Joe (22 November 2004). "Swell Maps: A Trip to Marineville / Jane from Occupied Europe". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Swell Maps". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 799–800. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ "Swell Maps: Jane from Occupied Europe". Uncut: 123.
Jane... majors in innocent instrumental prog-rock...
External links
- ...In "Jane from Occupied Europe" at Discogs (list of releases)