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album #08
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of...

Original UK release:
8 October 1984
Beggars Banquet
LP: BEGA58; cassette: BEGC58; CD: BEGA58CD (later pressings: BBL58CD)

Tracklisting:
01. Lay Of The Land (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 5:44
02. 2 x 4 (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:37
03. Copped It (Burns/Smith, ME) 4:15
04. Elves (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 4:47
05. Slang King (Hanley, S/Smith, ME/Smith, B) 5:20
06. Bug Day (Burns/Hanley, S/Hanley, P/Scanlon/Smith, ME/Smith, B) 4:58
07. Stephen Song (Hanley, S/Hanley, P/Smith, ME) 3:04
08. Craigness (Scanlon/Smith, ME) 3:03
09. Disney's Dream Debased (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 5:17
10. Oh! Brother (Smith, ME/Burns/Hanley, S/Scanlon) 4:00
11. Draygo's Guilt (Smith, ME/Scanlon) 4:29
12. God-Box (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:18
13. Clear Off (Smith, ME/Scanlon) 4:40
14. c.r.e.e.p. (Smith, ME/Hanley, S/Hanley, P/Scanlon/Smith, B) 3:08
15. Pat-Trip Dispenser (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:59
16. No Bulbs (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 7:51

(LP - Side 1: tracks 1-4; Side 2: tracks 5-9)
(cassette - Side 1: tracks 1-4, tracks 10-13; Side 2: tracks 14-15, tracks 5-9, track 16)
(CD: tracks 1-4, tracks 10-15, tracks 5-9, track 16)

Personnel:
Mark E Smith - vocals
Brix Smith - guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon - guitar
Steve Hanley - bass
Paul Hanley - drums, keyboards
Karl Burns - drums, bass

With:
Gavin Friday - vocals (tracks 3, 7 & 13)

Other credits:
Produced by: John Leckie
Engineered by: Joe Gillingham
Cover artwork: Claus Castenskiold

Recording info:
Recorded at Focus Studios mid 1984.

Notes:
Tracks 10 & 12 come from the Oh! Brother single; tracks 11, 13 & 16 come from the Call For Escape Route single; tracks 14-15 come from the c.r.e.e.p. single. The cassette was entitled "Escape Route From The Wonderful And Frightening World of The Fall". The CD was re-pressed in 1988 and 1997 as a budget price release with a different catalogue number (BBL58CD), but the tracklisting and artwork otherwise remained the same as the original CD.

 
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