Boxing Hefner

by Hefner

Boxing Hefner cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 10 April 2000
  • Label: Too Pure
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:15
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Sean Magee, Suzanne Rhatigan, Miti Adhikari, Tony Doogan, Jonathan Richman, Gayl Harrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of the London band's early singles and B-sides for Too Pure, preceding their debut album 'Breaking God's Heart'. Darren Hayman's literate, bedsit-scale songs about relationships and failure are presented in their rawest format, the small-press singles on which Hefner's reputation was built.

Genres

Descriptors: witty, lo-fi, male-vocals, twee, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Christian Girls (3:03)
  2. Lee Remick (4:56)
  3. Pull Yourself Together (3:15)
  4. Blind Girl With Halo (4:46)
  5. Hello Kitten (2:38)
  6. Destroyed Cowboy Falls (4:28)
  7. The Hymn For The Coffee (4:51)
  8. Mary Lee (3:03)
  9. The Hymn For The Things We Didn't Do (3:37)
  10. To Hide A Little Thought (3:03)
  11. The Science Fiction (4:32)
  12. Twisting Mary's Arm (5:03)

Credits

  • Antony Harding - performer [we are hefner]
  • Darren Hayman - performer [we are hefner], songwriter [all songs written by]
  • Jack Hayter - performer [we are hefner]
  • John Morrison - performer [we are hefner]
  • Sean Magee - mastered by
  • Miti Adhikari - recorded by
  • Tony Doogan - recorded by
  • Suzanne Rhatigan - recorded by
  • Gayl Harrison - recorded by

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