FAMILY FODDER : Monkey Banana Kitchen

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Format: CD [STAUBGOLD130]
Shipping Weight: 0.08lbs
Label: Staubgold

2,322円

'Staubgold proudly presents the legendary first album from 1980 by UK underground heroes Family Fodder, for the first time reissued on CD. The CD version comes as a lovingly-assembled compilation (total running time: 79:52 minutes). It features the complete Monkey Banana Kitchen LP, the 12" EP Schizophrenia Party (1981) and the 7" singles Film Music (1981) and The Big Dig (1982), all originally released on Fresh Records. Guest musicians include This Heat's Charles Bullen on drums, guitar, vocals, percussion and viola. Wire magazine listed Monkey Banana Kitchen among their "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)" and wrote: "A loose collection of friends and, more often than not, wanderers, Family Fodder reached their apex (or at least one of them) with Monkey Banana Kitchen. The music took the ferocity of contemporaneous British punk and scaled it way back. They also eschewed the giant pop hook, replacing it with the hoop jumping of songs in three languages, instruments played for only four seconds, harmonic call-and-response motifs and opaque but symbolic political lyrics. Multiple reprises of phrases and fragments result in a much more subtle and effective memory-tickle. I can't count how many instruments finally made it onto the album, though piano (providing much of the rhythm), melodica, sax, synth and cowbell dominate. Their integrated eclecticism is actually layer after thin layer of dub, jazz and New Wave -- peering down into this music, you detect traces of structural complexity, and the pop that's there blurs. Lesson #537 from Fodder members: participate only when absolutely necessary -- knowing when to pare down makes it easier to transcend."'

Tracklist
1 Darling 1:23
2 Symbols 5:28
3 Savoir Faire 3:16
4 Cold Wars 3:42
5 Monkey 6:18
6 Wrong 2:00
7 Organ Grinder 4:50
8 Love Song 2:00
9 Bass Adds Bass 5:22
10 Philosophy 3:04
11 Cerf Volant 5:06
12 Banana 3:10
13 Film Music 4:07
14 Dinosaur Sex 8:57
15 Silence 3:21
16 Dazomo 1:50
17 Emergency 2:40
18 Better Lies 4:07
19 Tea With Dolly 2:39
20 The Big Dig 2:56
21 Plant Life 3:25
22 Room 3:03

Credits
Artwork [Original Cover Designed From Original Artwork By] ? Felix Fiedorowicz, Ian Hill, Judy Carter
Artwork By [Original Cover Designed From Original Artwork By] ? Nature
Backing Vocals ? Lynn Alice (tracks: 14)
Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Voice ? Graham Painting (tracks: 14 to 19)
Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion ? Martin (tracks: 1 to 12)
Bass, Percussion ? Mick (tracks: 1 to 12)
Cello ? Graheme (tracks: 1 to 12), Graham Painting (tracks: 20, 22)
Design [Original Cover Designed By], Cover [Original Cover Designed By] ? Ian Hill
Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Viola ? Charles (tracks: 1 to 12)
Drums, Percussion ? Rick (tracks: 1 to 12)
Drums, Percussion, Voice ? Baz Smith (tracks: 14 to 19)
Executive-Producer [Reissue: Executive Producer] ? Markus Detmer
Guitar ? Mike (350) (tracks: 1 to 12)
Guitar, Keyboards, Bass ? Alig (tracks: 1 to 19)
Keyboards ? Ian Hill (tracks: 1 to 19)
Keyboards, Bassoon, Violin, Vocals, Percussion ? Felix (tracks: 1 to 12)
Lead Vocals ? Dominique Levillain (tracks: 13)
Percussion ? Mark (tracks: 1 to 12)
Photography By [Photographs By] ? Nick Goodall
Producer [Produced By] ? Chris Mansbridge (tracks: 14 to 19), Family Fodder (tracks: 14 to 19), The People in Control (tracks: 1 to 12)
Recorded By, Mixed By ? Colin (30) (tracks: 1 to 12), Dave (tracks: 1 to 12), Geoffrey (tracks: 1 to 12), Keith (tracks: 1 to 12)
Remastered By [Reissue: Mastering] ? John Pearce (2)
Saxophone, Vocals, Percussion ? Alig (tracks: 1 to 12)
Vocals ? Dominique (tracks: 1 to 12), Judy (tracks: 1 to 12), Naresh (tracks: 1 to 12), Nina (95) (tracks: 1 to 12)
Vocals, Harp ? Ian (tracks: 1 to 12)
Voice ? Alig (tracks: 14 to 19), Ian Hill (tracks: 14 to 19), Lynn Alice (tracks: 14 to 19)

Notes
Monkey Banana Kitchen
Recorded + Mixed: Elephant 8 Track (Colin), Mobile 16 Track (Geoffrey), Vineyard 24 Track (Keith), Berry St. 16 Track (Dave)
Thanks to Big Cat.
Schizophrenia Party
Recorded at Elephant Studio, Wapping.
Thanks to Chris & Graham at Elephant and to Pete Hobbs.
This compilation includes the complete Monkey Banana Kitchen LP (1980) [1 to 12], the 12" EP Schizophrenia Party (1981) [14 to 19] and the 7" singles Film Music (1981) [13, 22] and The Big Dig (1982) [20, 21], all originally released on Fresh Records.
Total running time: 79:52 min