1975 studio album by Hatfield and the North
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The Rotters' Club is the second album by the English Canterbury scene rock band Hatfield and the North , released in March 1975. It was also in part an inspiration for the 2001 novel of the same name by Jonathan Coe .
Title Writer(s) 1. "Share It" Richard Sinclair , Pip Pyle 3:03 2. "Lounging There Trying" Phil Miller 3:15 3. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" Dave Stewart 0:43 4. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" Sinclair, Pyle 0:30 5. "The Yes No Interlude" Pyle 7:01 6. "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" Pyle 7:33 7. "Didn't Matter Anyway" Sinclair 3:33 8. "Underdub" Miller 4:02 9. "Mumps" "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut (Quiet)" "Lumps" "Prenut" "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut (Loud)" Stewart 20:31 1:59 12:35 3:55
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1987 reissue bonus tracks, previously only available on the compilation Afters (1980) Title Writer(s) 10. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" Stewart 0:43 11. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" Sinclair, Pyle 0:20 12. "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" Sinclair 6:07 13. "Oh, Len's Nature!" (aka "Nan True's Hole") (live 1975) Miller 1:59 14. "Lything and Gracing" (live 1974) Miller 3:58
Notes: The first two are abridged versions of those on the original release of The Rotters' Club . "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" was first released on "Over the Rainbow" – a various artists live album. This version is slightly shorter, the introduction is cross-faded with the preceding track. The last two tracks were first released on Afters .
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