Jewels For Sophia is a 1999 album by Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

, released on Warner Records.

Since Respect (1993), the hitherto prolific Hitchcock had released just one full studio album (Moss Elixir

Moss Elixir

Moss Elixir is a 1996 album by Robyn Hitchcock, containing twelve original compositions, predominantly acoustic, and released by Warner Music.Following the traumatic loss of his father, Hitchcock had recorded little in the preceding five years...

in 1996), the rest of his recent output consisting largely of repackages and live recordings. Jewels For Sophia however contained a dozen tracks, only one of which ("No, I Don't Remember Guildford") had been recorded previously, and two extras not listed on the cover, and hidden away after a substantial pause following the album's "last" track.

Tracks include a paean to cheese in all its forms, with a sub-text of the global power struggle, and the quasi-nonsensical title number, whose lyric is rather pointed, in similar vein to John Lennon's "I Am the Walrus

I Am the Walrus

"I Am the Walrus" is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Lennon claimed he wrote the first two lines on separate acid trips. The song was in the Beatles' 1967 television film and album Magical Mystery Tour, and was the B-side to the #1 hit "Hello,...

".

The two hidden extras are "Mr. Tongs" and "Don't Talk to Me About Gene Hackman".

Track listing

1. "Mexican God"
2. "The Cheese Alarm"
3. "Viva! Sea-Tac"
4. "I Feel Beautiful"
5. "You've Got a Sweet Mouth on You, Baby"
6. "NASA Clapping"
7. "Sally Was a Legend"
8. "Antwoman"
9. "Elizabeth Jade"
10. "No, I Don't Remember Guildford"
11. "Dark Princess"
12. "Jewels for Sophia"
13. (Unlisted) "Mr. Tongs"
14. (Unlisted) "Don't Talk to Me About Gene Hackman"