Desperate Straights

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Desperate Straights
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Studio album by
Released21 February 1975 (1975-02-21)
Recorded11–26 November 1974
Studio The Manor, Oxfordshire, England
  • Nova Sound Studios, London
Genre Avant-rock, art pop, cabaret
Length36:02
Label Virgin (UK)
Producer Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Simon Heyworth
Slapp Happy chronology
Slapp Happy
(1974)
Desperate Straights
(1975)
In Praise of Learning
(1975)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Some Questions About Hats" Anthony Moore, Peter Blegvad 1:49
2."The Owl"Moore2:14
3."A Worm Is at Work"Moore, Blegvad1:52
4."Bad Alchemy" John Greaves, Blegvad3:06
5."Europa"Moore, Blegvad2:48
6."Desperate Straights"Moore4:14
7."Riding Tigers"Blegvad1:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Apes in Capes"Moore2:14
9."Strayed"Blegvad1:53
10."Giants"Moore, Blegvad1:57
11."Excerpt from The Messiah" George Frideric Handel, arr. Blegvad1:48
12."In the Sickbay" Dagmar Krause, Blegvad2:08
13."Caucasian Lullaby" Chris Cutler, Moore8:20

Personnel

Slapp Happy
Henry Cow
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. Garmo 2020, p. 72.
  2. Piekut 2019, pp. 175–178.
  3. MacDonald, Ian (7 June 1975). "Henry Cow: In Praise of Learning" . New Musical Express . ISSN   0028-6362 . Retrieved 11 June 2018 via Rock's Backpages.
  4. Garmo 2020, p. 74.
  5. 1 2 3 Erskine, Pete (5 April 1975). "Wrap your pre-frontal lobes round this lot...". New Musical Express . p. 10. ISSN   0028-6362.
  6. "Various – V". Discogs . 1975. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Mills, Ted. "Desperate Straights". AllMusic . Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 Leone, Dominique (12 October 2004). "Desperate Straights". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 30 April 2020.

Works cited