Sampler (Cardiacs album)
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Sampler is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs, released in 1995 by the Alphabet Business Concern.[2][3][4][5]
The album was intended as a budget introduction to the band's music, and was released as part of the general 1995 reissue of the Cardiacs back catalogue. Each track is taken from a different album in the reissue series.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Is This the Life" | A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window | 5:36 | |
2. | "Angleworm the Angel" | Jon Poole | The Forthcoming Cardiacs Album Which Isn't Finished Yet & Hasn't Got a Title Either | 2:24 |
3. | "Burn Your House Brown" | Songs for Ships and Irons | 2:37 | |
4. | "Goodbye Grace" | Heaven Born and Ever Bright | 3:36 | |
5. | "Piffol Four Times" | Archive Cardiacs | 2:34 | |
6. | "Two Bites of Cherry" (live) | All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest | 3:40 | |
7. | "Tarred and Feathered" (live) |
| Rude Bootleg | 2:57 |
8. | "Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" | Songs for Ships and Irons | 2:43 | |
9. | "Big Ship" (live) | Cardiacs Live | 5:53 | |
10. | "Veronica in Ecstacy" | Tim Smiths Extra Special Oceanland World | 4:21 | |
11. | "Christ Alive" | The Sea Nymphs | 3:13 | |
12. | "The Everso Closely Guarded Line" |
| On Land and in the Sea | 8:10 |
13. | "To Go Off and Things" |
| The Seaside | 2:13 |
Notes
- "Angleworm the Angel" was later released on Sing to God (1996) with the title "Angleworm Angel".
References
[edit]- ^ Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1995" (with quotation marks).
- ^ Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7.
- ^ Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
- ^ Taylor, Steve (27 September 2006) [6 July 2004]. The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021.
- ^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.