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Think Pink

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Released
  
December 1970

Length
  
37:37

Genre
  
Psychedelic rock

Producer
  
Mick Farren

Recorded
  
July 1969, Sounds Studio, London

Label
  
Polydor Sire Akarma (1999 reissue)

Think Pink is the 1970 debut album by English psychedelic musician Twink. It was produced by Mick Farren and featured members of The Pretty Things, The Deviants, plus Steve Peregrin Took of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It was released on Polydor Records in the UK and Sire Records in the US.

Contents

The track "Fluid" was sampled by duo Gnarls Barkley on their track "Would Be Killer" from the hit album The Odd Couple.

Track listing

All songs written by Twink, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "The Coming of the One" – 3:39
  2. "Ten Thousand Words in a Cardboard Box" (Twink, Junior) – 4:29
  3. "Dawn of Majic" – 1:44
  4. "Tiptoe on the Highest Hill" – 5:18
  5. "Fluid" – 4:03
Side two
  1. "Mexican Grass War" – 5:28
  2. "Rock and Roll the Joint" – 2:29
  3. "Suicide" – 4:23
  4. "Three Little Piggies" (Steve Took, Twink) – 3:12
  5. "The Sparrow Is a Sign" (Took, Twink) – 2:22

Personnel

  • Twink – vocals; drums (tracks #1-2,4-5,7-10); acoustic guitar (track #8)
  • Wally Allen – piano (#5)
  • Mick Farren – vocals (#7); producer
  • Boss Goodman – vocals & percussion (#9)
  • John "Honk" Lodge– bass guitar (#5,7)
  • John Povey – sitar (#1), mellotron (#2,4,8)
  • Viv Price – drums (#6)
  • Paul Rudolph – acoustic & electric guitars (#2,4-8,10); vibraphone (#8); vocals (#9); percussion (#9); bass guitar (#10); chimes (#10)
  • Silver – vocals (#5,7,9); percussion (#9)
  • Steve Peregrin Took – pixie horn (#1); vocals (#1,9,10); percussion (#6,7,9); electric guitar (#10)
  • Victor Unitt, electric guitars (#5,7)
  • John "Junior" Wood – bass guitar (#2,4,8)

    • References

    Think Pink Wikipedia
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