Snafu (Snafu album)

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Snafu
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Studio album by
Released1973
Recorded The Manor Studio, Oxfordshire
Genre
Length36:22
Label WWA
Producer Vic Smith
Snafu chronology
Snafu
(1973)
Situation Normal
(1974)

Snafu is the first album by Snafu. The album was issued on the short-lived WWA record label, founded in 1973 by Black Sabbath manager Patrick Meehan and was produced and engineered by Vic Smith.

Contents

"Drowning in the Sea of Love" had been released in the United States the previous year as a promo single by Capitol. [1] [2] In 1974 the track "Goodbye USA" was released as a single, b/w "Dixie Queen" (written by Peter Solley), on the Vertigo label in the Netherlands. [3] [4]

Cover art

The cover art, including photography and the entire gate-fold sleeve inner, is by Roger Dean.

Track listing

All tracks are written by R. L. Harrison and M. Moody, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Long Gone" 5:18
2."Said He the Judge"Harrison, Moody, Peter Solley 4:25
3."Monday Morning" 3:00
4."Drowning in the Sea of Love" Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff 5:39
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Country Nest"Harrison, Peter Solley5:14
6."Funky Friend" 3.54
7."Goodbye USA" 4.25
8."That's the Song"Peter Solley, Jerry Marcellino4:27

Musicians

Other personnel

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References

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  2. "Snafu - Drowning in the Sea of Love [Mono]".
  3. "Snafu (6) - Goodbye U.S.A. (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  4. "Snafu - Goodbye U.S.A."