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The Flying Lizards (album)

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Released
  
28 July 1979

Label
  
Virgin

The Flying Lizards (1979)
  
Fourth Wall (1981)

Length
  
42:07

Producer
  
David Cunningham

Recorded
  
1978 to 1979 Berry Street Studio and Brixton Academy additional recordings in NYC, Munich, Maidstone and in transit

The Flying Lizards is the 1979 self-titled debut album by The Flying Lizards and was released on the Virgin Records label.

Contents

Track listing

1979 Original record

  1. "Der Song von Mandelay" — (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) — 2:27 (UK releases are titled "Mandelay Song")
  2. "Her Story" — (Dave Solomon, David Cunningham, General-Strike, Vivien Goldman) — 4:37
  3. "TV" - (David Cunningham, Deborah Evans-Stickland, General-Strike) — 3:51
  4. "Russia" - (David Cunningham) — 6:11
  5. "Summertime Blues" - (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart) — 3:09
  6. "Money (That's What I Want)" - (Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford) — 5:52
  7. "The Flood" - (David Cunningham) — 4:57
  8. "Trouble" - (David Cunningham) — 2:46
  9. "Events During Flood" - (David Cunningham) — 3:25
  10. "The Window" - (Vivien Goldman) — 4:52

General Strike are David Toop and Steve Beresford, who also made the album Danger In Paradise with David Cunningham in the years 1979-1982

1995 Japanese reissue on CD

  1. "Mandelay Song" (from the musical comedy Happy End)
  2. "Her Story"
  3. "TV"
  4. "Russia"
  5. "Summertime Blues"
  6. "Money (That's What I Want)"
  7. "Flood"
  8. "Trouble"
  9. "Events During Flood"
  10. "Window"
  11. "All Guitars"
  12. "Tube"
  13. "Money (That's What I Want)" (single edit)

This was the first official release of the album on CD, featuring a 20 bit remaster with three bonus tracks: the single B-sides "All Guitars", "Tube" and "Money" (single edit).

Chart performance

The album charted in the UK for 3 weeks from 16 February 1980 peaking at No. 60, and in New Zealand for 5 weeks peaking at No. 28.

Personnel

  • David Toop
  • Steve Beresford
  • Michael Upton
  • David Cunningham
  • Deborah Evans-Stickland
  • Vivien Goldman
  • Julian Marshall
  • References

    The Flying Lizards (album) Wikipedia