The Naked Shakespeare

by Peter Blegvad

The Naked Shakespeare cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:02
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by XTC's Andy Partridge, the Slapp Happy co-founder delivers a highly literate, idiosyncratic collection of art pop. 'The Naked Shakespeare' pairs Blegvad's wry, intellectual wordplay with bright, slightly off-kilter new wave arrangements. The record stands as a charming, distinctively intellectual highlight of 1980s progressive pop.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, witty, literate, wordplay, idiosyncratic, storytelling, melodic, folk

Tracklist

  1. How Beautiful You Are (4:16)
  2. Weird Monkeys (3:05)
  3. Naked Shakespeare (3:03)
  4. Irma (3:15)
  5. Like A Baby (2:35)
  6. Powers In The Air (2:45)
  7. You Can't Miss It (1:40)
  8. Karen (3:03)
  9. Vermont (2:15)
  10. Lonely Too (3:33)
  11. Blue Eyed William (4:24)
  12. First Blow Struck (6:08)

Credits

  • Peter Blegvad - primary artist, illustration, songwriter, lyrics by, voice, voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, written-by, guitar, claves, voice, voice, electric guitar, guitar, voice, piano, voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, clarinet, voice, guitar, percussion, voice
  • Ken Ansell - graphics
  • BilBo - lacquer cut by
  • Barbara Gaskin - backing vocals
  • Jakko M. Jakszyk - guitar
  • John Greaves - music by, synthesizer [moog], piano, synthesizer [wave, prophet], written-by, bass, bass, piano, bass, synthesizer [prophet]
  • Colin Moulding - bass
  • Anton Fier - drums, drum machine [linn drums], percussion [brushes]

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