Invisible Hitchcock

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Invisible Hitchcock
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Compilation album by
Robyn Hitchcock
Released1986
Recorded1981–1985
Genre Rock
Length69:19(CD version)
Label Glass Fish
Professional ratings
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Trouser Press Favorable [2]

Invisible Hitchcock is a studio album by Robyn Hitchcock. [3] [4] A collection of leftovers and out-takes recorded from 1981 to 1985, Hitchcock's sleeve notes explain that the album was assembled because the songs "didn't fit in with what I was doing at the time and do fit in with each other now".

Contents

The US version of the LP (on Relativity) replaced "It's a Mystic Trip" with "Grooving on a Inner Plane". The CD versions of the album omit "Grooving on a Inner Plane" but include additional tracks. Some CD versions of the Glass Fish release incorrectly labeled on [5] the disk as "Element of Light". All other information was listed correctly.

Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock

Side one

  1. "All I Wanna Do Is Fall in Love" – 3:46
  2. "Give Me a Spanner, Ralph" – 2:36
  3. "A Skull, a Suitcase, and a Long Red Bottle of Wine" – 4:58
  4. "My Favourite Buildings" – 3:12
  5. "It's a Mystic Trip" – 2:57 [UK LP] / "Grooving on a Inner Plane" (alternate version) – 4:10 [US LP]
  6. "The Pit of Souls" (country version) – 5:56

Side two

  1. "Trash" – 2:51
  2. "Mr. Deadly" – 4:13
  3. "Star of Hairs" – 3:15
  4. "I Got a Message For You" – 3:05
  5. "Vegetable Friend" – 2:12
  6. "Point It at Gran" – 2:02
  7. "Let There Be More Darkness" – 2:57
  8. "Blues in A" – 3:26

Glass Fish CD (1986) bonus tracks

  1. "Falling Leaves" – 4:25
  2. "Eaten by Her Own Dinner" – 4:28
  3. "Messages of Dark" – 3:51
  4. "The Abandoned Brain" – 2:53

Rhino CD (1995) bonus tracks

  1. "Falling Leaves" – 4:25
  2. "Eaten by Her Own Dinner" – 4:28
  3. "Messages of Dark" – 3:51
  4. "The Abandoned Brain" – 2:53
  5. "Listening to the Higsons" – 2:46
  6. "Dr. Sticky" – 3:33

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References

  1. ↑ "Invisible Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Robyn Hitchcock". www.trouserpress.com.
  3. ↑ Palmer, Robert (14 December 1986). "Robyn Hitchcock: Pain Under the Wit" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ↑ Popoff, Martin (8 September 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ CD purchased in 1991


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