Uneasy Listening (Chumbawamba album)
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
Uneasy Listening is a compilation album by the anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. It contains songs from the time of their first album Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records up to 1998.
It contains one previously-unreleased song, "We Don't Go to God's House Anymore", which is based on a tune derived from the Alabama 3 song "U Don't Danse 2 Tekno Anymore".
The cover photograph depicts Buenaventura Durruti, an anarchist soldier and revolutionary who died fighting fascists in Spain in 1936.
Track listing
All songs written and produced by Chumbawamba except where noted.
| # | Title | Length | Original Album | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "...And in a Nutshell" | 1:16 | Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records | 1986 | |
| 2 | "Mouthful of Shit" | 3:38 | Anarchy | 1994 | |
| 3 | "Behave" | 4:14 | "Behave" single | 1992 | |
| 4 | "Timebomb" | 4:08 | "Timebomb" single | 1993 | Single remix |
| 5 | "Morality Play in Three Acts" | 4:06 | "Homophobia" single | 1994 | |
| 6 | "Enough Is Enough" | 4:35 | "Enough Is Enough" single | 1993 | Written and performed by Chumbawamba & Credit to the Nation |
| 7 | "On Being Pushed" | 0:30 | Anarchy | 1994 | |
| 8 | "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire" | 2:02 | English Rebel Songs 1381-1914 | 1988 | |
| 9 | "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" | 2:19 | Swingin' with Raymond | 1995 | |
| 10 | "Look! No Strings!" | 5:00 | Shhh | 1992 | |
| 11 | "Big Mouth Strikes Again" | 5:34 | Shhh | 1992 | |
| 12 | "This Girl" | 3:42 | Swingin' with Raymond | 1995 | |
| 13 | "Smash Clause 28!" | 4:46 | "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" single | 1988 | |
| 14 | "Georgina" | 2:24 | Anarchy | 1994 | |
| 15 | "Waiting, Shouting" | 2:55 | Swingin' with Raymond | 1995 | |
| 16 | "Song of the Mother in Debt..." | 6:10 | Pox Upon the Poll Tax compilation | 1989 | |
| 17 | "On the Day the Nazi Died" | 1:20 | N/A | 1994 | Previously unreleased live version |
| 18 | "Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" | 4:00 | Anarchy | 1994 | |
| 19 | "Nothing Knocks Me Over" | 3:04 | "Portraits of Anarchists" EP | 1996 | |
| 20a | "We Don't Go to God's House Anymore" | 8:55 | Previously unreleased | 1998 | Written by Chumbawamba and Alabama 3 |
| 20b | "Harry's Ambient Mantra" (excerpt) | (n/a) | "Hat Trick for Harry" unreleased EP | 1993 | Hidden track. A brief portion of an otherwise unreleased ten-minute remix of "Happiness Is Just A Chant Away." |
Personnel
Chumbawamba
- Lou Watts
- Dunstan Bruce
- Danbert Nobacon
- Boff
- Paul Greco
- Jude Abbott
- Harry Hamer
- Alice Nutter
With
- Neil Ferguson
- Simon Lanzon
- Matthew Hanson
- Mave Dillon
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 163. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.