Citizen Fish

History

Based around Bath, England, the original members were Dick Lucas (vocals/words), Jasper (bass), Trotsky (drums), and Larry (guitar). Following their first album, Free Souls in a Trapped Environment, Larry left the band and was replaced by Phil, who, along with Dick and Trotsky, had previously been a member of the Subhumans. Jasper and Dick had previously played together in Culture Shock. In July 2006, Silas (formerly of Bath-based band Cooper S with Jasper and Andy Evans) replaced Trotsky on drums. In the following month, after a five-year recording hiatus, the band returned to the studio to record songs for a split album with the New York band Leftöver Crack. Their latest and eighth full-length studio album, 2011's Goods was hailed as a return to form and they remain active, releasing the Manmade EP in 2015.

Discography

(Recorded at the Refuge 17–19 April 1990 and Southern Studios 7–10 June 1990)

1. Supermarket Song (2:43)
2. Break Into A Run/Rainbows (4:11)
3. Possession (1:56)
4. Small Scale Wars (3:44)
5. Home Economics (3:29)
6. Paint (1:03)
7. Talk Is Cheap (2:41)
8. Face Off/Youth (5:19)
9. Flesh And Blood (3:25)
10. Get Off The Phone (2:03)
11. Experiment Earth (2:15)
12. How To Write Ultimate Protest Songs (2:48)
13. Charity (4:37)

(Recorded and Mixed 2 October 1991 at White House Studio)

1. Disposable Dream
2. Flesh And Blood II ("IE NOT the other version on the 'Free Souls' LP") on the back cover

(Recorded and Mixed at Southern Studios 21–28 November 1991)

1. Sink Or Swim (3:24)
2. Language Barrier (4:16)
3. Same Old 'Starving Millions' (2:43)
4. Conditional Silence (2:17)
5. Big Big House (3:30)
6. Mind Bomb (4:39)
7. Chili Pain (1:37)
8. Give Me Beethoven... (3:28)
9. Talk It Over (2:41)
10. Offended (3:40)
11. Central Nervous System (3:33)
12. Traffic Lights (2:17)
13. Smells Like Home (8:47)

(Recorded 2-6, Mixed 11–13 August 1993 at St. Marks, London) (Additional musicians: "Alex and Jim from Bender on Trumpets"

1. T.V. Dinner (2:12)
2. Naked (2:46)
3. Small Talk (2:28)
4. Time Control (2:31)
5. Dividing Lines (2:34)
6. Media Men (3:29)
7. Bag Lady (2:33)
8. First Impressions (3:38)
9. Wet Cement (2:46)
10. Circular Vision (3:07)
11. Social Insecurity (3:17)
12. Invisible People (3:43)
13. Flinch (1:51)

(Recorded and Mixed at St. Marks, London 28 March-6 April 1995) (Additional musicians: Alex [Bender]-Trumpet. John [P.A.I.N.]-more Voice)

1. P.C. Musical Chairs (4:00)
2. Next Big Thing (2:41)
3. Can't Be Bothered (2:37)
4. 2000 And One (4:01)
5. Panic In The Supermarket (2:21)
6. Can't Complain (4:11)
7. Faster (2:45)
8. Phone In Sick (2:28)
9. Refugees Go West (2:34)
10. Backlash (5:58)
11. Friends (3:24)
12. Skin (3:34)

(Recorded at River Studio, London 1–10 May 1996)

1. Feeding (2:40)
2. Popsongs (3:44)
3. City On A River (3:13)
4. Used To Work (2:30)
5. Plasticash (3:42)
6. Scene 496: Cafe In Melksham (3:06)
7. Words On Overtime (3:29)
8. Talk About The Weather (2:22)
9. Catholic Sex Confession (3:23)
10. Criminal (2:54)
11. What Charlie Said (3:19)
12. Fill Me Up (3:14)

1. Habit (the same version from the Active Ingredients LP)
2. Phone In Sick (later released on CD on "What Time We On?")
3. Overheard
4. I Had To Guess (both songs only available on vinyl)

(Recorded November 1998, Mixed January 1999 at Phil's Roadside Cafe, Warminster) (This is the first Citizen Fish album that was recorded without outside help. It was engineered by Phil, and mixed by Phil and Jasper, using Phil's 4-track machine)

1. Active Ingredients (2:35)
2. The B.O.B. Song (1:50)
3. Oslo (3:58)
4. Bitter And Twisted (3:16)
5. Digging A Hole (4:53)
6. Sacred Cows (2:18)
7. Pills (1:49)
8. Habit (3:31)
9. Isolated Incidents (4:53)
10. Barking (3:03)
11. Heard It All Before (4:26)
12. Deep Neuortic (2:55)
13. Not For Sale (3:57)

(This is also the first Citizen Fish album with a hidden track...going by the CD booklet, the song is called 'Breaking A Habit' and plays after "Not For Sale" on the same track.)

1. Over The Fence (2:04)
2. Revolution (2:36)
3. Out Of Control (3:13)
4. Picture This (2:35)
5. Internal Release (2:25)
6. Autographs (4:22)
7. Back To Zero (2:36)
8. Choice Of Viewing (3:11)
9. Lose The Instructions (1:56)
10. Somewhere To Go (3:22)
11. Shrink The Distance (4:13)
12. Will Swap (2:53)

(This CD is a live compilation, from the years 1992-1998. Compiled by Jasper)

1. Used To Work (2:16)
2. Next Big Thing (2:36)
3. 2000 And One (3:31) (All recorded at the Living Room in Santa Barbara, 1 May 1997)
4. Phone In Sick (2:23) (Version from the "Habit" 7". Recorded at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco, 22 June 1998)
5. Can't Complain (4:13) (Recorded at the Square, Harlow, 25 March 1995)
6. Smells Like Home (9:01)
7. Longbridge Deverill Stomp (1:22)
8. First Impressions (3:42)
9. Traffic Lights (2:42) (All recorded at Klupfel, Nurnberg, Germany, 27 September 1992)

(These songs could be part of the "Live Fish" cassette, but this is not known.)

1. Social Insecurity (3:05)
2. Fill Me Up (3:10)
3. Flinch (1:42)
4. Alienation (:32)
5. Skin (+happy birthday Trotsky) (3:54)
6. Not For Sale (3:42) (All recorded at St. Andrew's in Detroit, 22 June 1998)
7. Habit (3:26)
8. P.C. Musical Chairs (3:43)
9. Deep Neurotic (2:58) (S.F. Bottom of Hill)
10. Dividing Lines (2:34) (Santa Barbara)

[Citizen Fish's half] (Recorded 28–31 August 2006 at State Of Art, Bristol) New Citizen Fish line-up as listed in the CD booklet: Dick-Voice & Words Phil-Guitar Jasper-Bass & Voice Silas-Drums Alex-Trumpet Matt-Trombone (This album marks the first time that the Citizen Fish line-up has been listed as a whole band rather than a band with additional musicians who played on certain tracks. It can be inferred that the "new" Citizen Fish is a sextet with horns.)

1. Working On The Inside (2:43)
2. Money (2:01)
3. Meltdown (2:43) (The same version as the split 7")
4. Getting Used To It (2:30)
5. Back To Square One (3:00)
6. Join The Dots (3:08)
7. Clear Channel (Fuck Off) [Written as F*ck Off!!! on the back cover] (2:30)

1. Shelf Life (2:51)
2. Free Speech (4:10)
3. Human Conditioner (3:12)
4. Overseas (3:32)
5. Better (3:38)
6. Click (3:24)
7. How Far Does It Go? (3:01)
8. Insane (3:34)
9. Marker Pen (2:52)
10. Fearless (3:37)
11. Discomfort Zone (3:17)
12. Spotless (2:29)
13. Wake Up (4:06)

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