A Scandal in Bohemia

by The Jazz Butcher

A Scandal in Bohemia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Glass
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:23
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Max Eider, Pat Fish, David J, John A. Rivers, Owen Jones

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring notable guest appearances from Bauhaus' David J and Kevin Haskins, the band's second album is a dizzying, highly literate jangle-pop masterclass. Pat Fish's eccentric, hyper-articulate songwriting bounces gleefully between Jonathan Richman-esque acoustic pop and frantic, rockabilly-tinged post-punk. It solidified the group's reputation as one of the sharpest, most unapologetically witty acts in the British indie scene.

Genres

Descriptors: alcohol, satirical, twinkling

Tracklist

  1. Southern Mark Smith (Big Return) (5:17)
  2. Real Men (4:00)
  3. Soul Happy Hour (2:23)
  4. I Need Meat (2:30)
  5. Just Like Betty Page (2:59)
  6. Marnie (Muscovite Mix) (3:05)
  7. Caroline Wheeler's Birthday Present (4:27)
  8. Mind Like A Playgroup (2:19)
  9. Girlfriend (4:07)
  10. My Desert (6:16)

Credits

  • David J - instruments, bass [uncredited], vocals, bass, vocal
  • Owen Jones - instruments, drums [uncredited], vocals, drums (drum set)
  • Max Eider - instruments, guitar [uncredited], vocals, written-by, guitar, vocal
  • Hunt Emerson - sleeve
  • Pat Fish - guitar, vocal

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