Sampler (Cardiacs album)

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Sampler
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Released1995
Label Alphabet Business Concern
Cardiacs chronology
All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
(1995)
Sampler
(1995)
Sing to God
(1996)
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Sampler is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs, released in 1995 by the Alphabet Business Concern. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The album was intended as a budget introduction to the band's music, and was released as part of the general 1995 reissue of the Cardiacs back catalogue. Each track is taken from a different album in the reissue series.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Is This the Life"  A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 5:36
2."Angleworm the Angel" Jon Poole The Forthcoming Cardiacs Album Which Isn't Finished Yet & Hasn't Got a Title Either2:24
3."Burn Your House Brown"  Songs for Ships and Irons 2:37
4."Goodbye Grace"  Heaven Born and Ever Bright 3:36
5."Piffol Four Times"  Archive Cardiacs 2:34
6."Two Bites of Cherry" (live)  All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest 3:40
7."Tarred and Feathered" (live) Rude Bootleg 2:57
8."Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" Songs for Ships and Irons2:43
9."Big Ship" (live)  Cardiacs Live 5:53
10."Veronica in Ecstacy"  Tim Smiths Extra Special Oceanland World 4:21
11."Christ Alive"  The Sea Nymphs 3:13
12."The Everso Closely Guarded Line"
  • Drake
  • Smith
On Land and in the Sea 8:10
13."To Go Off and Things" The Seaside 2:13

Notes

References

  1. Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.Note: Search "Alphabet 1995" (with quotation marks).
  2. Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-7535-0159-7.
  3. Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN   978-1-85828-457-6.
  4. Taylor, Steve (27 September 2006) [6 July 2004]. The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN   978-0-8264-8217-4. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021.
  5. Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.