A Trip to Marineville
Encyclopedia
A Trip to Marineville is the first full-length album by British
post-punk
group Swell Maps
originally issued in July 1979.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
group Swell Maps
Swell Maps
Swell Maps were an experimental English rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk.Influenced by the disparate likes of T.Rex and the German progressive outfit, Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era...
originally issued in July 1979.
Track listing
- "H.S. Art" (Nikki SuddenNikki SuddenNikki Sudden was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother Epic Soundtracks while attending Solihull School in Solihull.-Career:...
) - "Another Song" (Nikki Sudden)
- "Vertical Slum" (Nikki Sudden, Jowe HeadJowe HeadJowe Head is a British bass guitarist, singer, and visual artist, who was a member of Swell Maps before joining the Television Personalities...
) - "Spitfire Parade" (Nikki Sudden)
- "Harmony in Your Bathroom" (Jowe Head)
- "Don't Throw Ashtrays at Me!" (Epic SoundtracksEpic SoundtracksEpic Soundtracks was the stage name of the British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey . Born in Croydon, Surrey, he was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas, who was known as Nikki Sudden .In 1972 Kevin and Nicholas formed the nucleus of what was to become the post-punk rock...
) - "Midget Submarines" (Nikki Sudden)
- "Bridge Head, Pt. 9" (Swell Maps)
- "Full Moon in My Pocket" (Epic Soundtracks, Jowe Head)
- "Blam!!" (Nikki Sudden)
- "Full Moon" (Reprise) (Epic Soundtracks, Jowe Head)
- "Gunboats" (Nikki Sudden)
- "Adventuring into Basketry" (Swell Maps)
- "My Little Shops" (Anonymous composer)
- "Loin of the Surf" (Jowe Head)
- "Doctor at Cake"
- "Steven Does"
- "Bronze and Baby Shoes" (Jowe Head)
Personnel
- Nikki SuddenNikki SuddenNikki Sudden was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother Epic Soundtracks while attending Solihull School in Solihull.-Career:...
– guitar, harmonica, percussion, piano, toy saxophone, vocals - Richard Earl – organ, guitar, xylophone, screams
- Epic SoundtracksEpic SoundtracksEpic Soundtracks was the stage name of the British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey . Born in Croydon, Surrey, he was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas, who was known as Nikki Sudden .In 1972 Kevin and Nicholas formed the nucleus of what was to become the post-punk rock...
– bass, piano, violin, drums, guitar synthesizer, toy saxophone, cover art, vocals - Jowe HeadJowe HeadJowe Head is a British bass guitarist, singer, and visual artist, who was a member of Swell Maps before joining the Television Personalities...
– bass, guitar, vocals - David Barrington – bass, vocals
- John Cockrill – bass, background vocals