Scorn of the Women is the debut album by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...

. The band originally recorded it as an independent release, but on the strength of the group's ever growing live following, the group ended up being offered a recording contract and the album was released by Warners. Eight songs were by Michael Thomas, three by Dave Steel, and one was an adaptation of a poem by Berthold Brecht.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted

1. "Hungry Years" - 4:23
2. "Ladies Lounge" - 2:53
3. "Lost Boys" (Dave Steel) - 3:57
4. "The Infanticide
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    of Marie Farrar" (Bertolt Brecht, Mick Thomas) - 3:27
5. "She Works" - 3:05
6. "Scorn of the Women" - 5:22
7. "Away Away" - 3:51
8. "The River Is Wide" - 3:51
9. "Up For Air" (Dave Steel) - 3:27
10. "By Tomorrow" - 3:42
11. "Woman of Ireland
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    " - 2:45
12. "Shotgun Wedding" (Dave Steel) - 5:19

Weddings Parties Anything

• Janine Hall - bass guitar, vocals
• Marcus Schintler - drums, vocals
• Dave Steel - guitar, vocals
• Mick Thomas - guitar, vocals
• Mark Wallace - piano accordion
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  , keyboards, vocals

Additional Musicians

• Louis McManus - guitar ("Ladies Lounge")
• Jeff Raglus - trumpet ("Scorn Of The Women")
• Michael Barclay - vocals ("Away Away")