Wind Up Toys (album)

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Wind Up Toys
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Studio album by
Released5 February 2007
Studio
  • Kore Studios, London
  • West Street Studios, Buckingham
Length39:11
Label Fierce Panda
Producer Larry Hibbitt
Capdown chronology
Pound for the Sound
(2001)
Wind Up Toys
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]
TheMusicZineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
NME 4/10 [3]
PunktasticStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
RocklouderStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Wind Up Toys is the third studio album from UK punk band Capdown released on 5 February 2007. It is also the first and only Capdown album to be released on the Fierce Panda Records label. [6] Anyone who pre-ordered the album from Banquet Records in Kingston, UK would get signed copies of the album as well as a free three live track EP, consisting of "Keeping Up Appearances", "Surviving The Death Of A Genre" and "No Matter What". [7]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Goold, Macdonald, Minter, Sims-Fielding. [8]

Wind Up Toys
No.TitleLength
1."Truly Dead"2:39
2."Blood, Sweat & Fears"3:06
3."Wind Up Toys"4:04
4."Terms And Conditions Apply"3:35
5."Surviving The Death Of A Genre"3:57
6."No Matter What"4:21
7."Thrash Tuesday"1:15
8."Generation Next"2:50
9."Keeping Up Appearances"3:18
10."Strictly Business"2:22
11."Community Service"3:09
12."Home Is Where The Start Is"4:35
Total length:39:11

Released on 25 April 2007 by Imperial Records as part of the album package in Japan. [9]

Live Rehearsal EP (Japan exclusive)
No.TitleLength
13."Keeping Up Appearances" (demo)3:22
14."Wind Up Toys" (demo)3:34
15."(Segue)"1:26
16."Surviving The Death Of A Genre" (demo)3:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [8]

Capdown

Production

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