Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck

by Flotation Toy Warning

Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004-09-06
  • Label: Pointy
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:14:16
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Ben Clay, Danny Coralles, Nainesh Shah, Colin Coxall, Eric Cutler, Paul Carter, Chris Reifert

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A cult gem of British neo-psychedelia, this debut is filled with quirky, imaginative storytelling and lush, layered production. Flotation Toy Warning blends toy keyboards with sweeping orchestral touches and hushed vocals. It is a whimsical yet melancholic journey through a surreal, internal world.

Genres

Descriptors: downtempo, existential, spacey, atmospheric, expansive

Tracklist

  1. Happy 13
  2. Popstar Researching Oblivion
  3. Losing Carolina; For Drusky
  4. Made From Tiny Boxes
  5. Donald's Pleasance
  6. Fire Engine On Fire Pt I
  7. Fire Engine On Fire Pt II
  8. Even Fantastica
  9. Happiness Is On The Outside
  10. How The Plains Left Me Flat
  11. This Is Not A Lifesaver
  12. Even Fantastica (Goodbye To The Flight Deck Mix)

Credits

  • Flotation Toy Warning - mixed by [at bark studio], producer, written-by [with]
  • Chris Reifert - Member
  • Danny Coralles - Member
  • Eric Cutler - Member
  • Colin Coxall - drums, electronic drums [octopad]
  • Nainesh Shah - guitar, bass, vocals
  • Ben Clay - guitar, bass, written-by
  • Vicky West - keyboards, sampler, vocals, arranged by [brass & string arrangements], design [sleeve]
  • Paul Carter - lead vocals, sampler, programmed by, written-by, lyrics by
  • Nick Robbins - mastered by [at soundmastering]
  • Brian O'Shaughnessy - mixed by [at bark studio]
  • Steve Swindon - producer, recorded by [at the old clothes factory]

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