Waiting on Egypt

by Nikki Sudden

Waiting on Egypt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Abstract
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:26
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the dissolution of the seminal post-punk band Swell Maps, the idiosyncratic English frontman launched his solo career with this delightfully ramshackle, acoustic-driven debut. 'Waiting on Egypt' trades chaotic noise for ragged, T. Rex-inspired glam-folk, heavily characterized by out-of-tune guitars and a deeply romantic, bohemian swagger. It perfectly established his lifelong persona as the quintessential underground rock troubadour.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, jangly, distorted, literate, DIY, folk, british, guitars, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Back to the Coast (3:36)
  2. Knife My Heart (2:11)
  3. Still Full of Shocks (3:24)
  4. I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys (2:14)
  5. Stuck on China (3:04)
  6. Channel Steamer (2:48)
  7. Ringing on My Train (1:58)
  8. Curfew Island (The Low Bridge) (1:48)
  9. Fashion Cult (2:48)
  10. Forest Fire (3:11)
  11. New York (3:11)
  12. Johnny Smiled Slowly (6:26)
  13. All the Gold (6:53)
  14. Back to the Start (2:53)
  15. Waiting for the Seige (2:58)
  16. Looking Out (4:46)
  17. Redlands (1:41)
  18. Opium Pits (2:57)
  19. Act Together (1:32)

Credits

  • Lizard - backing vocals
  • Paul Papyrus - bass guitar
  • Amphibious - drums [drum kit]
  • Prince Empire - drums [drum kit]
  • Bilbo - lacquer cut by
  • Anthony Thistlethwaite - saxophone, backing vocals
  • Mark Hertford - backing vocals
  • Andrew Loog Oldham - written-by

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