Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun

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Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun
Roger Chapman Hyenas Only Laugh For Fun.jpg
Studio album by Roger Chapman and The Shortlist
Released December 1981
Recorded at Jacob Studios
Genre Rock
Label Sanctuary
Producer Terry Barham and Paul Smykle
Roger Chapman and The Shortlist chronology
Mail Order Magic
(1980)
Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun
(1981)
The Riffburglar Album
(1982)

Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun is the third solo album by singer Roger Chapman and his band The Shortlist. The album was released 1981.

Roger Chapman British rock vocalist, songwriter

Roger Maxwell Chapman, also known as Chappo, is an English rock vocalist. He is best known as a member of the progressive rock band Family, which he joined along with Charlie Whitney, in 1966 and also the rock, R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974. His idiosyncratic brand of showmanship when performing and vocal vibrato led him to become a cult figure on the British rock scene. Chapman is claimed to have said that he was trying to sing like both Little Richard and his idol Ray Charles. Since the early 1980s he has spent much of his time in Germany and has made occasional appearances there and elsewhere.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics by Roger Chapman

Side one

  1. "Prisoner" (Chapman, Tim Hinkley, Geoff Whitehorn) – 5:38
  2. "Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun" (Chapman, Hinkley, Whitehorn, Jerome Rimson) – 3:10
  3. "Killing Time" (Chapman) – 5:35
  4. "Wants Nothing Chained (Chapman, Whitehorn)– 3:00
  5. "The Long Goodbye" (Chapman) – 4:39

Side two

  1. "Blood and Sand" (Chapman, Whitehorn) – 4:55
  2. "Common Touch" (Chapman) – 5:10
  3. "Goodbye Reprise" (Chapman) – 1:10
  4. "Hearts On The Floor" (Chapman) – 4:30
  5. "Step Up – Take A Bow" (Chapman, Whitney) – 3:30
  6. "Jukebox Mama" (Chapman, Troy Seals) – 1:22

Personnel

Timothy Alan "Tim" Hinkley is an English singer-songwriter, Keyboard player and record producer. Hinkley started playing in youth club bands in the early 1960s with bands including The Copains, Boys and the Freeman Five. During this time he turned down an offer to join The Konrads which featured Davy Jones, who later changed his name to David Bowie. Other early associations were with The Bo Street Runners, Chicago Blues Line and Patto's People.

Geoff Whitehorn English musician

Geoffrey Charles "Geoff" Whitehorn is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum.

John Wetton English bassist and vocalist

John Kenneth Wetton was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music and Uriah Heep.

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