Giddy (album)

Giddy
Compilation album by Pugwash
Released	29 September 2009
Genre	Power pop, chamber pop
Label	Ape Records
Producer	Thomas Walsh; Keith Farrell
Pugwash chronology

Last updated April 04, 2019

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Giddy is a compilation album by Irish band Pugwash, featuring tracks from their four previous studio albums. It was released by Ape Records on 29 September 2009.

Pugwash is an Irish pop band fronted by Drimnagh-born musician Thomas Walsh. Pugwash has released six albums since its debut LP Almond Tea in 1999. Influences on the band's sound are regularly cited as including XTC, Electric Light Orchestra and Jeff Lynne, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Honeybus and The Beatles, though Walsh dismisses the Beatles comparisons as "lazy".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Apples"	Thomas Walsh	3:44
2.	"It's Nice to be Nice"	Walsh	3:25
3.	"Song For You"	Walsh	2:47
4.	"Anyone Who Asks"	Walsh	3:51
5.	"Cluster Bomb"	Walsh	2:37
6.	"Sunrise Sunset"	Walsh	2:18
7.	"The Season of Flowers and Leaves"	Walsh	3:41
8.	"Mono Rail"	Walsh, Keith Farrell	2:25
9.	"My Genius"	Walsh, Andy Partridge	4:02
10.	"Finer Things in Life"	Walsh	3:00
11.	"Black Dog"	Walsh	3:08
12.	"Two Wrongs"	Walsh	3:38
13.	"Anchor"	Walsh, Partridge, Duncan Maitland	5:37

Personnel

Thomas Walsh: vocals, backing vocals, organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, piano, glockenspiel, electric guitar, saxophone, tambourine, brass, sampling, Mellotron, vibes, Chamberlin, shakers, Fender Rhodes, sleigh bells, Wurlitzer, Casio, wobble board, baritone guitar
Keith Farrell: synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals, backing vocals, brass, Chamberlin, Fender Rhodes, upright bass, fuzz bass, Casio, twelve-string guitar
Johnny Boyle: percussion, cymbal, drums, drum loop
Jason Falkner: Vox Continental
Dave Gregory: piano
Gerald Eaton: Hammond organ
Neil Hannon: piano, glockenspiel, vocals, backing vocals, zither, Fender Rhodes
Graham Hopkins: drums
Nelson Bragg: percussion, scratching, castanets, conga, shaker, güiro
Daragh Bohan: guitar
Stephen Farrell: electric guitar
Tosh Flood: banjo, backing vocals
Duncan Maitland: synthesizer, guitar, percussion, piano, harpsichord, vocals, backing vocals, brass, sampling, Mellotron, vibes, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, tack piano, twelve-string acoustic guitar
Aidan O'Grady: drums
The Section Quartet: strings

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Giddy (album)

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