Eligible Bachelors is the third album by The Monochrome Set

The Monochrome Set

The Monochrome Set are an English post-punk band originally formed in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides...

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It was produced by former Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat"....

 member Tim Hart

Tim Hart

Tim Hart was an English folk singer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of electric folk band, Steeleye Span.-Early years:...

 and was the Monochromes Set's first album since the departure of original drummer John Haney. Trouser Press

Trouser Press

Trouser Press was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow Who fan Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" ...

 praised the band's "witty intelligence" and said that the album "strips the music down to essential elements — clean, bouncy melodies and gently satirical verse, performed with deceptive facility." http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=monochrome_set

The original LP

LP album

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 had a faux white leather sleeve designed by Tom Hardy, better known as guitarist Lester Square

Lester Square

Lester Square is the lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. He also sings backing vocals, designed some of the band's record sleeves, and co-wrote much of their music...

. The back cover's liner notes featured raves about the band from various critics from around the world, including London, New York, San Francisco, Japan and Kansas.

Side one

1. "The Jet Set Junta" (Bid, Andrew Warren, Lester Square
   Lester Square
   Lester Square is the lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. He also sings backing vocals, designed some of the band's record sleeves, and co-wrote much of their music...
   
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2. "I'll Scry Instead" (Bid)
3. "On the 13th Day" (Bid, Warren, Square)
4. "Cloud 10" (Bid, Warren, Square)
5. "The Mating Game" (Bid, Warren, Square)
6. "March of the Eligible Bachelors" (Square)

Side two

1. "The Devil Rides Out" (Bid, Square)
2. "Fun for All the Family" (J.D. Haney, Bid, Warren, Square)
3. "The Midas Touch" (Haney, Bid)
4. "The Ruling Class" (Bid)
5. "The Great Barrier Riff" (Bid, Warren)

Personnel

• Bid - Lead vocals, guitar
• Lester Square
  Lester Square
  Lester Square is the lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. He also sings backing vocals, designed some of the band's record sleeves, and co-wrote much of their music...
  
   - Lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Andrew Warren - Bass guitar, vocals
• Lexington Crane - Drums, vocals