Swagger
by The Blue Aeroplanes
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1990
- Label: Ensign
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:42:20
- Community rating: 3.58/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Boo Hewerdine, Nick Jacobs, John Langley, Michael Stipe, Ian Kearey, Gerard Langley, Andy McCreeth, Alex Lee, Angelo Bruschini, Gil Norton, Clare Hirst, Rodney Allen
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Breaking into the mainstream with the alternative hit 'Jacket Hangs', the Bristol ensemble delivered a remarkably dense, multi-guitar driven masterclass in indie pop. Gerard Langley's deadpan, poetic talk-singing provides a distinct literary anchor to the driving, infectious instrumentation.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, talk-singing, spoken-word, guitar-driven, literate
Tracklist
- Jacket Hangs (3:43)
- World View Blue (3:21)
- Weightless (5:00)
- ...And Stones (5:26)
- Love Come Round (3:49)
- Your Ages (4:30)
- The Applicant (4:03)
- What It Is (6:19)
- Anti-Pretty (4:31)
- Careful Boy (4:24)
- Picture Framed (1:54)
- Cat-Scan Hist'ry (6:30)
- S.T.R.A.N.G.E (2:22)
- Love Come Round - Hurdy-Gurdy Version (4:14)
- Razorwalk (3:15)
- Different Now (2:45)
- Big Sky (2:48)
- 88 Out - Live (3:26)
- I Wanna Be Your Lover - Live (3:31)
- What It Is - Demo (6:15)
- ...And Stones - Lovers All Around Mix (5:38)
- You (Are Loved) (3:50)
- You're Going to Need Somebody (3:35)
- Sweet Jane (5:01)
- World View Blue - Acoustic (1:56)
Credits
- The Blue Aeroplanes - primary artist, arranged by
- Andy McCreeth - bass
- John Langley - drums, percussion, backing vocals, membranophone
- Rodney Allen - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, written-by
- Ian Kearey - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonium [organ harmonium], bass, hammered dulcimer, tiple, mandolin
- Alex Lee - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, backing vocals, written-by, guitar
- Nigel Eaton - hurdy gurdy
- Freddie Robins - illustration [front cover illustration]