Henk

by The Nits

Henk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 May 1986
  • Label: CBS
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 1:03:11
  • Community rating: 3.13/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Rob Kloet, Robert Jan Stips

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The idiosyncratic Dutch band continues to refine their incredibly melodic and conceptually rich pop sound. Blending quirky, surreal lyricism with highly precise, slightly synthetic instrumentation, the album is a standout piece of European art pop from the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Bike in Head (3:33)
  2. Port of Amsterdam (3:36)
  3. Typist Of Candy (3:36)
  4. Home Before Dark (3:03)
  5. The Singing Telegram (2:00)
  6. Erom On (3:30)
  7. Sleep (What Happens To Your Eyes) (4:33)
  8. Pillow Talk (3:45)
  9. Cabins (2:51)
  10. Under A Canoe (3:43)
  11. Crane Driver (4:08)
  12. 5 Hammering Men (2:14)
  13. Sketches of Spain (4:23)
  14. Bild Am Sonntag (As Usual) (3:33)
  15. Acres of Tintoretto (2:39)
  16. Dapper Street (4:43)
  17. Memories Are New III (3:40)
  18. Your Next Tyres (3:33)

Credits

  • Joke Geraets - backing vocals [background vocals]
  • Petra Lugtenburg - backing vocals [background vocals]
  • Rob Kloet - drums, music by, performer [the nits are]
  • Robert Jan Stips - keyboards, music by, performer [the nits are]

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