A Can of Bees

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A Can of Bees
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Studio album by
Released24 April 1979
RecordedAugust–November 1978
StudioSpaceward Studios, Cambridge
Genre Post-punk
Length40:46
Label Two Crabs
CLAW 1001 (original UK release)
Producer Spaceward
The Soft Boys chronology
A Can of Bees
(1979)
Underwater Moonlight
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Rock 5/10 [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Great Rock Discography 7/10 [4]
Indiana Daily Student B [5]
MusicHound Rock 3/5 [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [8]
Popmatters 8/10 [9]

A Can of Bees is the 1979 debut album by English rock band The Soft Boys. The album was reissued in 1984 with a different track listing on the second side. [10] Both versions of Side 2 appear on the CD reissue first put out by Two Crabs in 1990, subsequently reissued by Rykodisc in 1992, and Yep Roc in 2010. [11]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pig Worker" 4:30
3."Human Music" 4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves" 5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab" 2:54
9."Cold Turkey" John Lennon 4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live) 2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live) 4:08

1984 reissue track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pigworker" 4:29
3."Human Music" 4:31
4."Leppo & The Jooves" 5:29
5."The Rats Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:39
8."Fatman's Son" 2:38
9."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live) 2:51
10."Ugly Nora" (Live) 3:05
11."Cold Turkey"John Lennon4:16

1992 CD reissue track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pig Worker" 4:30
3."Human Music" 4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves" 5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab" 2:54
9."Cold Turkey"John Lennon4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live) 2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live) 4:08
12."Leppo & The Jooves" 5:29
13."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:39
14."School Dinner Blues" 2:14
15."Fatman's Son" 2:38
16."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live) 2:51
17."Ugly Nora" (Live) 3:05

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The Soft Boys album 'A Can of Bees' was released in 1980 by Aura Records (AUL 709).