Live Album (Country Teasers album)
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Live Album is an album by Country Teasers
consisting of live recordings, radio sessions, tape collage, skits, audience heckling and various odds and ends. It was released on CD
in 2005.
Country Teasers
Country Teasers is a Scottish art punk band formed in 1993.Early Country Teasers albums were characterised by illiterate, scathingly satirical lyrics and discordant, repetitive sound – like William S...
consisting of live recordings, radio sessions, tape collage, skits, audience heckling and various odds and ends. It was released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in 2005.
Track listing
- "Boycott the Studio" (B.R. WallersBen WallersBenedict Roger Wallers is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints...
) – 5:24 - "Success" (Wallers) – 0:17
- "Prettiest Slave on the Barge" (Wallers) – 7:08
- "Black Change" (Wallers/Ultra) – 5:18
- "Spencer's Last Bridge" (Wallers) – 1:20
- "Moving to Florida" (Butthole SurfersButthole SurfersButthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
) – 5:21 - "Short PeopleShort People"Short People" is a song by Randy Newman from his 1977 album Little Criminals, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The verses and chorus seem to be a pointed attack on the short...
" (Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
) – 3:23 - "Brown Jews Etc" (Wallers) – 4:54
- "Nothing Was Delivered by Freight Train" (Elizabeth CottenElizabeth CottenElizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter.A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar , not re-strung for left-handed playing, essentially, holding a right-handed...
/Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 2:23 - "Blue MondayBlue Monday (New Order song)"Blue Monday" is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene.-Background:...
" (New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
) – 4:29 - "Please Stop Fucking Each Other" (Wallers) – 5:58
- "Part Two / Full Shark Empty Pool" (Butthole Surfers/Wallers) – 2:20
- "Heavy Eyes" (Country Teasers/Alastair MacKinvenAlastair MacKinvenAlastair MacKinven is an artist based in London.MacKinven was born in the Wirral. His practice encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, audio and photography.He received his MFA from Goldsmiths in 1996.-Selected exhibitions:2007...
/Simon Stephens/Lawrence Worthington) – 1:29 - "The Idiot" (Wallers) – 2:55
- "Can I Pass?" (Wallers) – 3:53
- "Women & Children First" (Wallers) – 5:25
- "Obey" (BrainbombsBrainbombsBrainbombs is a Swedish noise rock band formed 1985 in Hudiksvall. The members are Dan, Peter, Jonas, Drajan and Lanchy. The latter was also a member of Totalitär....
) – 3:51 - "The Off-Side Debate" (Dan Mitchell/Stephens/Wallers) – 1:00
Personnel
- Benedict. R. WallersBen WallersBenedict Roger Wallers is the frontman, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the band Country Teasers. His lyrics often deal with taboo subjects such as racism, sexism and xenophobia from first-person standpoints...
- Guitar, Vocals, Synth (6,16) - Alastair J. R. MacKinvenAlastair MacKinvenAlastair MacKinven is an artist based in London.MacKinven was born in the Wirral. His practice encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, audio and photography.He received his MFA from Goldsmiths in 1996.-Selected exhibitions:2007...
- Guitar - Robert Adams McNeill - Guitar, Synth (2,10,11), Bass (5-7,16-17)
- Lawrence "Bosch" J. Worthington - Drums (5-7,12,14-17)
- Simon W. Stevens - Bass (7,12,14-17)
- Joe Patt - Drums (1-3,8-10)
- Kaanan Tupper - Bass (1-3,6,8-10)
- Leighton Crook - Drums (4,11)
- James Sedwards - Bass (4,11)
- Caroline Linden as Anna Kournikova (2)
- Zoë A. Miller as Venus Williams (2)
- Dan Mitchell
- Daniel Blumin - WNYU host
- Evan Parness - WNYU engineer
- Thomas Barratt - Video