Job Lot (album)

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Job Lot
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Studio album by
Released1982
Genre Pop, rock
Label Rockney
Producer Chas & Dave
Chas & Dave chronology
Mustn't Grumble
(December 1982)
Job Lot
(1982)
Knees Up – Christmas Jamboree Bag No.2
(1983)

Job Lot is a studio album by Chas & Dave, released in December 1982 on the band's own Rockney label. [1]

Contents

Background and reception

A "job lot" is a Cockney/working class term for assorted items sold together, such as at a market or boot fair. This reflects the mixture of the songs on the album.

Reviewing the band's 2015 album Live at Rockplast, for Record Collector magazine, Max Bell wrote: "Of particular interest to the connoisseur is the dusting down of "Stop Dreaming" and "Word From Anne", from the then-current Job Lot, a disc so in touch with its native land it made Morrissey seem positively parochial." [2]

Track listing

  1. "That Old Piano"
  2. "That's What I Like"
  3. "London Girls"
  4. "Give It Some Stick, Mick"
  5. "No-Body"
  6. "Flying"
  7. "Margate"
  8. "Mustn't Grumble"
  9. "Word from Anne"
  10. "Stop Dreaming"
  11. "Give It Gavotte"
  12. "Wish I Could Write a Love Song"

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. "Job Lot - Chas & Dave - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. "Live At Rockpalast - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Job Lot - Chas & Dave - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2018.