Perspex Island is the title of an 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....

 and the Egyptians, released on Go! Discs in 1991.

The group's third under their contract to A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

, it contains eleven Hitchcock originals. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1991, and features guest appearances by Hitchcock fans Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

 and Peter Buck

Peter Buck

Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

 of REM. The associated single "So You Think You're in Love" peaked #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart in the U.S.

The album carries a Hitchcock oil painting on its front cover, depicting the mythological figure Thoth

Thoth

Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

, which The Egyptians had once used as a group logo.

Track listing

1. "Oceanside" — 3:48
2. "So You Think You're in Love" — 2:34
3. "Birds in Perspex" — 3:54
4. "Ultra Unbelievable Love" — 3:49
5. "Vegetation and Dimes" — 4:58
6. "Lysander" — 4:36
7. "Child of the Universe" — 4:21
8. "She Doesn't Exist" — 4:25
9. "Ride" — 5:04
10. "If You Go Away" — 4:55
11. "Earthly Paradise" — 6:34