Jammy Smears

by Ivor Cutler

Jammy Smears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:26
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Scottish humorist and poet Ivor Cutler produced one of his most beloved works of surreal spoken word and eccentric folk with 'Jammy Smears'. Accompanying himself on the harmonium, his deadpan delivery navigates whimsical, absurd, and softly melancholic tales with incredible charm. The record further endeared him to the British counterculture and the alternative comedy circuit.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, male-vocals, spoken-word, eccentric, minimal, witty, satirical, experimental, traditional, narrative

Tracklist

  1. Bicarbonate Of Chicken (0:50)
  2. Filcombe Cottage Dorset (0:22)
  3. Squeeze Bees (2:24)
  4. The Turn (0:30)
  5. Life In A Scotch Sittingroom 2 Episode 11 (3:54)
  6. A Linnet (0:25)
  7. Jumping And Pecking (0:44)
  8. The Other Half (0:46)
  9. Beautiful Cosmos (2:10)
  10. The Path (0:40)
  11. Barabadabada (1:02)
  12. Big Jim (3:01)
  13. In The Chestnut Tree (1:29)
  14. Dust (1:02)
  15. Rubber Toy (2:03)
  16. Unexpected Join (0:08)
  17. A Wooden Tree (2:13)
  18. When I Stand On An Open Cart (0:38)
  19. High Is The Wind (1:26)
  20. Surly Buddy (4:16)
  21. Pearly Winged Fly (0:41)
  22. Garden Path At Filcombe (0:40)
  23. Paddington Town (1:34)
  24. Cage Of Small Birds (0:18)
  25. Life In A Scotch Sittingroom 2 Episode 6 (3:09)
  26. Irk (0:23)
  27. Lemon Flower (1:02)
  28. Red Admiral (0:47)
  29. Everybody Got (2:08)
  30. Wasted Call (4:26)

Credits

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