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| Released | 27 June 1979 | |||
| Recorded | July 1977 – 17 April 1979 | |||
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| Producer | Swell Maps | |||
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A Trip to Marineville is the debut studio album by English art punk band Swell Maps. It was released in June 1979, through record labels Rather and Rough Trade.
All tracks except "Vertical Slum", "My Lil' Shoppes 'Round the Corner" and "Steven Does" were recorded in Woodbine Mobile Recording Studio in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England on 28–29 December 1978, 15 and 17 February 1979 and 15–17 April 1979. "Vertical Slum" was recorded at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, England on 14 September 1977. "My Lil' Shoppes 'Round the Corner" and "Steven Does" were recorded in Phones B. Sportsman's bedroom in Olton in July 1977.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| Smash Hits | 9½/10 [4] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10 [5] |
| Uncut | [6] |
Reviews of A Trip to Marineville were generally positive. NME ranked A Trip to Marineville at number 36 on its end-of-year-list of the best albums of 1979. [7]
A Trip to Marineville is on The Guardian 's list "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die". [8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "H. S. Art" | Nikki Sudden | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Another Song" | Sudden | 1:43 |
| 3. | "Vertical Slum" |
| 1:12 |
| 4. | "Spitfire Parade" | Sudden | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Harmony in Your Bathroom" | Head | 5:24 |
| 6. | "Don't Throw Ashtrays at Me!" | Epic Soundtracks | 1:16 |
| 7. | "Midget Submarines" | Sudden | 4:33 |
| 8. | "Bridge Head, Pt. 9" |
| 1:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Full Moon in My Pocket" |
| 1:30 |
| 2. | "Blam!!" | Sudden | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Full Moon (Reprise)" |
| 1:21 |
| 4. | "Gunboats" | Sudden | 8:25 |
| 5. | "Adventuring into Basketry" |
| 7:28 |
| 6. | "My Lil' Shoppes 'Round the Corner" | Unknown | 0:44 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Loin of the Surf" | Head | 2:14 |
| 2. | "Doctor at Cake" | 2:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Steven Does" | 1:45 | |
| 2. | "Bronze & Baby Shoes" | Head | 3:45 |
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Marineville subverts bilious sneers with old-fashioned yarns set to raucous guitar thrashes...
