The Monkey Puzzle (The Saints album)

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The Monkey Puzzle
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Studio album by
the Saints
Released1981
Recorded1980
Studio
  • EMI Studios 301 (Sydney)
  • Polydor (London) (track 2)
  • Studio Du Chesnay (Versailles) (track 11)
Genre
Label Lost EMI Music Australia (Australian 2004 Reissue)
Producer Chris Bailey
The Saints chronology
Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow (EP)
(1980)		The Monkey Puzzle
(1981)		 Casablanca
(1982)

The Monkey Puzzle is the fourth album by the Australian music group the Saints released in 1981. [1] It was the first album to be released after Ed Kuepper left the band. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Roadrunner said, "As an LP, The Monkey Puzzle would have made a fantastic EP. The glory of the four standout tracks is matched only by the mediocrity of everything else on the album. Playing standard and sound quality are so inconsistent that the record as a whole is vaguely annoying." [4]

Track listing

All tracks C.J. Bailey copyright Lost Music\Mushroom Music except "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" by Larry Williams

  1. "Miss Wonderful" - 3:33
  2. "Always, Always" - 3:50
  3. "Paradise" - 3:44
  4. "Let's Pretend" - 3:27
  5. "Somebody" - 3:55
  6. "Monkeys" - 4:38
  7. "Mystery Dream" - 3:51
  8. "In the Mirror" - 3:48
  9. "Simple Love" - 4:20
  10. "The Ballad" - 4:25
  11. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - 3:29

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 85

Personnel

The Saints

with:

Production

References

  1. ↑ "The Saints Biography by Mark Deming". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Greene, Jr., James (2017). Brave Punk World: The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 342.
  3. ↑ "The Monkey Puzzle Review by Geoff Ginsberg". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Mark Cornwall (April 1981). "Albums". Roadrunner . p. 26.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 263. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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