Guns

by Cardiacs

Guns cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 June 1999
  • Label: Alphabet Business Concern
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:02
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Jon Poole, Sharron Saddington, Rob Deschamps, Tim Smith, Jim Smith, Joanne Spratley, Bob Leith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a near-decade-long absence from releasing full-length studio material, the singular British cult act returned with a slightly more direct, guitar-heavy assault. Despite the marginally streamlined approach, the compositions remain profoundly erratic, bursting with jarring time signature changes, bizarre vocal theatrics, and dizzying progressive complexity.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, space, complex, progressive, technical, theatrical, bombastic, melodic, unpredictable

Tracklist

  1. Spell with a Shell (3:17)
  2. There's Good Cud (2:17)
  3. Wind And Rains Is Cold (3:20)
  4. Cry Wet Smile Dry (3:27)
  5. Jitterbug (Junior Is A) (7:28)
  6. Sleep All Eyes Open (3:01)
  7. Come Back Clammy Lammy (4:07)
  8. Clean That Evil Mud Out Your Soul (2:25)
  9. Ain't He Messy Though (2:03)
  10. Signs (4:25)
  11. Song Of A Dead Pest (2:37)
  12. Will Bleed Amen (7:30)

Credits

  • Cardiacs - primary artist
  • Jim Smith - bass, vocals, other [just getting in the way by]
  • Bob Leith - drums, lyrics by [additional lyrics by]
  • Jon Poole - guitar, keyboards, vocals, written-by [riffs], arranged by [arrangements by]
  • Sarah Smith - saxophone [sax's], vocals
  • Catherine Morgan - strings [string quartet]
  • Chris Brierley - strings [string quartet]
  • Mark Pharoah - strings [string quartet]

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