Heartburn (album)

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Heartburn
Kevin Coyne Heartburn.jpg
Studio album by
Released1976
Genre Rock
Label Virgin
Producer Norman Smith
Kevin Coyne chronology
Let's Have A Party
(1976)
Heartburn
(1976)
In Living Black and White
(1977)

Hertburn is a studio album by musician Kevin Coyne, his ninth, released in 1976 on the Virgin label.

Contents

Background

The album cover, designed by Hipgnosis, depicts someone jumping off a building. [1] [2] A poster for release was also produced, by Cooke Key Associates, from photographs by Brian Cooke/Redferns. [3]

The track "Don't Make Waves" (b/w "Mona Where's My Trousers") was issued as a single in 1976 [4] and the songs "Shangri-la" and "Daddy" we both used as B-sides for singles the same year. [5] [6]

Reception

[7] [8] [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin Coyne except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "Strange Locomotion" (Coyne, Cudworth) – 3:28
  2. "Don't Make Waves" – 2:50
  3. "Happy Band" – 2:36
  4. "I Love My Mother" (arr. Graham Preskett; Summers, Coyne) – 4:40
  5. "Shangri-La" – 5:26

Side 2

  1. "America" – 4:07
  2. "Big White Bird" – 2:05
  3. "Games Games Games" – 5:32
  4. "My Mother's Eyes" (Baer, lyrics by Gilbert) – 3:27
  5. "Daddy" – 4:12

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

References

  1. McKay, George (28 October 2013). Shakin' All Over: Popular Music and Disability. University of Michigan Press. ISBN   9780472052097 via Google Books.
  2. Stafford, James (21 January 2020). "Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Kevin Coyne, 'Heartburn'".
  3. "Poster for the Kevin Coyne album 'Heartburn' released by Virgin..." Getty Images. 11 October 2013.
  4. "Don't Make Waves". 45cat.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. "Walk On By". 45cat.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. "Fever". 45cat.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. "Kevin Coyne: Heartburn. By John Tobler : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com.
  8. "Kevin Coyne - Heartburn Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  9. "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Record Collector Magazine".