Desperate Character
by Kirsty MacColl
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1981
- Label: Polydor
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 35:30
- Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Kirsty MacColl's debut album is a vibrant homage to the classic Brill Building era, filtered through a modern new wave lens. Driven by the hit single 'There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis', the record establishes her razor-sharp wit and extraordinary knack for multi-tracked vocal harmonies.
Genres
Descriptors: witty, literate, melodic, jangly, storytelling
Tracklist
- Clock Goes Round (2:36)
- See That Girl (3:02)
- There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (3:09)
- Teenager In Love (2:37)
- Mexican Sofa (3:17)
- Until The Night (3:14)
- Falling For Faces (2:33)
- Just One Look (2:23)
- The Real Ripper (3:28)
- Hard To Believe (2:22)
- He Thinks I Still Care (2:57)
- There鈥檚 A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He鈥檚 Elvis - Country Version (3:47)
Credits
- John Dent - lacquer cut by, lacquer cut
- Billy Bremner - musician [musos], backing vocals [extra crooning], musician [musos], guitar [strummers], guitar, background vocals vocal
- Blanche McAdorey - musician [musos], backing vocals [extra crooning], background vocals vocal
- Glyn Havard - musician [musos], bass [bass men], bass
- Paul Riley - musician [musos], bass [bass men], bass
- Lee Partis - musician [musos], drums [beatings], drums (drum set)
- Ben Mandelson - musician [musos], fiddle
- Lu Edmonds - musician [musos], guitar [strummers], written-by, guitar