Professor Ratbaggy is the debut eponymous album by Australian rock

Rock music

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/pop

Pop music

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 band Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV...

 and originally released on EMI

EMI

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 Records in 1999. "Coma" was released as a single, it was written by band members, Stephen Hadley (bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, backing vocals), Bruce Haymes (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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, organ, backing vocals), Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

 (guitar

Guitar

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, vocals) and Peter Luscombe (drums

Drum kit

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) who were all members of Kelly's backing band. "Coma" was remixed by Wicked Beat Sound System

Wicked Beat Sound System

Wicked Beat Sound System is a Sydney based group whose sound is best described as a mixture of electronica, dub and soul. The group formed in 1992, following a series of live "jams" instigated by DJ Dave Carnovale in collaboration with Damian Robinson and other DJ's Scott Pullen and Mark Walton...

.

Track listing

All songs are written by Professor Ratbaggy members, Bruce Haymes, Peter Luscombe, Paul Kelly, Stephen Hadley; except "Love Latter" written by Kelly.

1. "Please Myself" – (4:17)
2. "White Trash" – (3:58)
3. "Can't Fake It" – (5:04)
4. "Moni, Make It Good" – (3:47)
5. "Coma" – (4:07)
6. "Love Letter" – (3:30)
7. "Blowfly" – (4:56)
8. "See the Birdie" – (3:53)
9. "Mannish Woman" – (4:26)
10. "Rise and Shine" – (4:15)
11. "Oh Death" – (4:40)

Personnel

Professor Ratbaggy members

• Stephen Hadley — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• Bruce Haymes — keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , organ, backing vocals
• Paul Kelly
  Paul Kelly (musician)
  Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
  
   — guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
• Peter Luscombe — drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Production details

• Producer — Professor Ratbaggy, Andy Baldwin