The Rotters' Club (album)

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The Rotters' Club
The Rotters' Club album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1975
RecordedJanuary–February 1975
StudioSaturn Studios, Worthing
Genre Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, jazz fusion
Length50:15
Label Virgin
Producer Hatfield and the North
Hatfield and the North chronology
Hatfield and the North
(1974)
The Rotters' Club
(1975)
Afters
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rotters' Club is the second album by the English Canterbury scene rock band Hatfield and the North, released in March 1975. It was also in part an inspiration for the 2001 novel of the same name by Jonathan Coe.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Share It" Richard Sinclair, Pip Pyle 3:03
2."Lounging There Trying" Phil Miller 3:15
3."(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" Dave Stewart 0:43
4."Chaos at the Greasy Spoon"Sinclair, Pyle0:30
5."The Yes No Interlude"Pyle7:01
6."Fitter Stoke Has a Bath"Pyle7:33
7."Didn't Matter Anyway"Sinclair3:33
8."Underdub"Miller4:02
9."Mumps"
  • "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut (Quiet)"
  • "Lumps"
  • "Prenut"
  • "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut (Loud)"
Stewart20:31

1:5912:353:55

1:37
1987 reissue bonus tracks, previously only available on the compilation Afters (1980)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw"Stewart0:43
11."Chaos at the Greasy Spoon"Sinclair, Pyle0:20
12."Halfway Between Heaven and Earth"Sinclair6:07
13."Oh, Len's Nature!" (aka "Nan True's Hole") (live 1975)Miller1:59
14."Lything and Gracing" (live 1974)Miller3:58

Notes: The first two are abridged versions of those on the original release of The Rotters' Club. "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" was first released on "Over the Rainbow" – a various artists live album. This version is slightly shorter, the introduction is cross-faded with the preceding track. The last two tracks were first released on Afters.

Personnel

Charts

ChartPeak

Position

UK Albums (OCC) [2] 43

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References

  1. Lynch, Dave. Hatfield and the North – The Rotters' Club (1975) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
  2. "HATFIELD & THE NORTH". Official Charts. 29 March 1975. Retrieved 11 November 2023.