Uneasy Listening

by Chumbawamba

Uneasy Listening cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:15:28
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of the Leeds anarchist pop group's less obvious material, beyond the hits that closed their 1990s. Communal vocals, borrowed folk melodies and dance rhythms carry their political songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: protest, political, anarchism, satirical, melodic

Tracklist

  1. ...And In A Nutshell (1:16)
  2. Mouthful Of Shit (3:38)
  3. Behave (4:14)
  4. Timebomb (4:08)
  5. Morality Play In Three Acts (4:06)
  6. Enough Is Enough (5:25)
  7. On Being Pushed (0:30)
  8. Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire (2:02)
  9. Ugh! Your Ugly Houses! (2:19)
  10. Look! No Strings! (5:00)
  11. Big Mouth Strikes Again (5:34)
  12. This Girl (3:42)
  13. Smash Clause 29! (4:46)
  14. Georgina (2:24)
  15. Waiting, Shouting (2:55)
  16. Song Of The Mother In Debt (6:10)
  17. On The Day The Nazi Died (1:20)
  18. Give The Anarchist A Cigarette (4:00)
  19. Nothing Knocks Me Over (3:04)
  20. We Don't Go To God's House Anymore (8:55)

Credits

  • Jude Abbott - bassoon, gong, other [lighter fuel]
  • Paul Greco - flugelhorn, cornet
  • Matthew Hanson - performer [with]
  • Mavis Dillon - performer [with]
  • Simon Lanzon - performer [with]
  • Boff Whalley - sitar, other [good vibes]
  • Lou Watts - spoons, saw, percussion [rhythm pole]
  • Danbert Nobacon - theremin, flute [nose]

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