A Heavy Nite With...

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A Heavy Nite With...
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ReleasedOctober 2003 (2003-10)
Genre Electronica
Label Rough Trade [1]
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A Heavy Nite With... is the debut album by British band Relaxed Muscle fronted by Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, using the pseudonym Darren Spooner. [5] The other member is Jason Buckle. It has been alleged that Jason Buckle is a pseudonym for Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley, but this is not the case - Hawley does contribute guitar to the album, however, under the pseudonym Wayne Marsden.

Contents

Relaxed Muscle recorded three other songs not included on this album: "Branded" and "Year Of The Dog" as B-sides and "This Is As Good As It Gets," on the compilation album The Electronic Bible.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Relaxed Muscle.

No.TitleLength
1."The Heavy"3:55
2."3-Way Accumulator" (a/k/a "Let It Ride")3:48
3."Beastmaster"3:55
4."Billy Jack"4:31
5."Rod Of Iron"3:41
6."Tuff It Out"3:33
7."Sexualized"3:39
8."Muscle Music"3:03
9."B-Real"4:13
10."Previous"2:46
11."Battered"3:53
12."Mary"4:42
13."Sexualized" (Music video) 
14."Billy Jack" (Music video) 

Personnel

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References

  1. "Jarvis Cocker's Relaxed Muscle Project to Perform at the Whitney Museum in New York". Pitchfork.
  2. "A Heavy Nite with Relaxed Muscle - Relaxed Muscle | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. Pidd, Helen (October 24, 2003). "CD: Relaxed Muscle, A Heavy Night With" via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "The Independent Online Edition > Enjoyment". April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on April 29, 2005.
  5. Cocker, Jarvis (October 20, 2011). Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics. Faber & Faber. ISBN   9780571281923 via Google Books.