Construction For The Modern Idiot is The Wonder Stuff

The Wonder Stuff

The Wonder Stuff are a British alternative rock band, originally based in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in the Black Country, England.-Origins:...

's fourth album from October 1993, and their last studio album before their split on 15 July 1994.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones, the band's original bassist who died from a heart attack in New York soon after leaving the band. It was released as Polydor 519894-2.

Artwork

Much of the artwork came from 1960s photographs of a space observation project at Kettering Grammar School

Kettering Grammar School

Kettering Grammar School was a boys grammar school that had a number of homes in Kettering, Northamptonshire throughout its history.-History:...

 in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

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The person featured on the album cover 'instructing' school boys is the rocket scientist Geoffrey Pardoe

Geoffrey Pardoe

Dr Geoffrey Keith Charles Pardoe OBE FREng FRAeS FBIS was Project Manager of the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme...

, project director of the Blue Streak space programme.

Track listing

All songs written by The Wonder Stuff

1. "Change Every Light Bulb"
2. "I Wish Them All Dead"
3. "Cabin Fever"
4. "Hot Love Now!"
5. "Full Of Life (Happy Now)"
6. "Storm Drain"
7. "On The Ropes"
8. "Your Big Assed Mother"
9. "Swell"
10. "A Great Drinker"
11. "Hush"
12. "Sing The Absurd" (includes unlisted track; "Something For Sammy")

Singles

Singles taken from the album were -

• On The Ropes - September 1993
• Full of Life (Happy Now) - December 1993
• Hot Love Now! - March 1993