Bad Shave was the second of five albums of home-made recordings, released by Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones (Baby Bird)

Stephen Jones is an English musician and novelist.- Lo-fi period :After studying at Nottingham Trent University, Jones became involved with an experimental theatre company, Dogs in Honey, in Sheffield in the late 1980s, writing songs for productions.By 1994, Jones had written over 400 songs and...

 under the name Baby Bird in 1995.

It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD box set The Original Lo-Fi

The Original Lo-Fi

The Original Lo-Fi is a CD box set compiling five albums of home-made recordings released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird between 1995 and 1997, plus a sixth CD , consisting of additional material recorded during the 1990s.-CD one :#"Blow It To The Moon"#"Mans Tight Vest"#"Lemonade...

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Track listing

1. "KW Jesus TV Roof Appeal"
2. "Bad Jazz"
3. "Too Handsome To Be Homeless"
4. "Steam Train"
5. "Bad Shave"
6. "Oh My God You're A King"
7. "The Restaurant Is Guilty"
8. "Valerie"
9. "Shop Girl"
10. "W.B.T."
11. "Hate Song"
12. "45 & Fat"
13. "Sha Na Na"
14. "Bug In A Breeze"
15. "It's Okay"
16. "Happy Bus"
17. "Swinging From Tree To Tree"

• A version of the album released as part of The Original Lo-Fi
  The Original Lo-Fi
  The Original Lo-Fi is a CD box set compiling five albums of home-made recordings released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird between 1995 and 1997, plus a sixth CD , consisting of additional material recorded during the 1990s.-CD one :#"Blow It To The Moon"#"Mans Tight Vest"#"Lemonade...
  
  contains the additional tracks "Past Lasts Longer" and "Why?".

Reviews

"...unique, customised but never self-indulgent or irritatingly inaccessible. It's as off as it's beautiful, as rich as it's lo fi... imagine Ray Davies

Ray Davies

Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...

 emerging, blinking and bearded, Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...

 like, after years in the darkness and you'll have some idea of the deeply, deeply English yet marvellously, utterly alien world of Baby Bird." - Melody Maker

Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...