Released 17 June 1997 | Release date 17 June 1997 | |
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Egyptology is the fourth studio album by World Party released in 1997, re-released in 2006. It contained the #31 British single "Beautiful Dream" and the award-winning She's the One, among other songs. But the album was not a commercial success, and Karl Wallinger was upset when his label, Chrysalis, used "She's the One" as a vehicle for pop artist Robbie Williams; Williams' version hit #1 on the British pop charts and won Williams several awards. Wallinger later wrote:
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I was so lucky that Robbie recorded "She's the One" because it allowed me to keep going [after his aneurysm in 2000]. He nicked my pig and killed it but gave me enough bacon to live on for four years. He kept my kids in school and me in Seaview [Wallinger's recording studio] and for that I thank him.
Due in part to the disagreement over "She's the One", Egyptology would be Wallinger's last album with Chrysalis; his 2000 album Dumbing Up was released on his own label.
Track listing
- "It Is Time" (3:20)
- "Beautiful Dream" (4:45)
- "Call Me Up" (2:57)
- "Vanity Fair" (3:33)
- "She's the One" (4:56)
- "Vocal Interlude" (0:24)
- "Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" (5:58)
- "Hercules" (3:15)
- "Love Is Best" (3:03)
- "Rolling Off a Log" (5:54)
- "Strange Groove" (4:10)
- "The Whole of the Night" (3:15)
- "Piece of Mind" (4:58)
- "This World" (4:21)
- "Always" (4:23)
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Songs
1It Is Time3:22
2Beautiful Dream4:44
3Call Me Up2:59