The Rotters' Club

by Hatfield and the North

Type: Album
Released: 7 March 1975
Label: Virgin
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 1:03:24
Community rating: 4.07/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Pip Pyle, Dave Stewart

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A defining masterpiece of the Canterbury Scene, Hatfield and the North's sophomore effort balances intricate jazz-rock with whimsical English eccentricity. 'The Rotters' Club' is a wonderfully playful, remarkably technical progressive rock classic, navigating highly complex, shifting time signatures with incredibly mellow, deeply melodic charm.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, complex, melodic, uncommon-time-signatures, eccentric

Tracklist

Share It (3:03)
Lounging There Trying (3:15)
(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology On The Jaw (0:43)
Chaos At The Greasy Spoon (0:30)
The Yes No Interlude (7:01)
Fitter Stoke Has A Bath (7:33)
Didn't Matter Anyway (3:33)
Under Dub (4:02)
Mumps: Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Doughnut (Quiet) / Lumps / Prenut / Your Majesty Is Like A Cream (20:31)
(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology On The Jaw - Reprise (0:43)
Chaos At The Greasy Spoon - Reprise (0:20)
Halfway Between Heaven And Earth (6:07)
Oh Len's Nature! (1:59)
Lything And Gracing (3:58)

Credits

Hatfield And The North - primary artist, band, producer
Richard Sinclair - bass, vocals, guitar, written-by
Laurie Lewis - design [sleeve], artwork
Pip Pyle - drums, percussion [percussive things], written-by
Dave Ruffell - engineer, producer [assistance]
Amanda Parsons - guest [stars] [the very wonderful northettes]
Ann Rosenthal - guest [stars] [the very wonderful northettes]
Barbara Gaskin - guest [stars] [the very wonderful northettes]
Tim Hodgkinson - guest [stars], clarinet
Jimmy Hastings - guest [stars], flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Mont Campbell - guest [stars], french horn
Lindsay Cooper - guest [stars], oboe, bassoon
Phil Miller - guitar, written-by
Dave Stewart - organ, electric piano, electronics [tone generator], written-by