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discography: singles & albums updated 27 November 2007

album #11
The Frenz Experiment

Original UK release:
29 February 1988
Beggars Banquet
LP: BEGA91; cassette: BEGC91; CD: BEGA91CD (later pressings: BBL91CD)

Tracklisting:
01. Frenz (Smith, ME) 3:28
02. Carry Bag Man (Smith, ME) 4:26
03. Get A Hotel (Hanley, S/Scanlon/Smith, ME) 4:38
04. Victoria (Davies) 2:45
05. Athlete Cured (Smith, ME) 5:51
06. In These Times (Smith, ME) 3:25
07. The Steak Place (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:56
08. Bremen Nacht (Smith, ME) 7:00
09. Guest Informant (excerpt) (Hanley, S/Scanlon/Smith, ME) 0:39
10. Oswald Defence Lawyer (Hanley, S/Smith, ME) 5:59
11. Bremen Nacht Run Out (Smith, ME) 4:44
12. Guest Informant (Hanley, S/Scanlon/Smith, ME) 5:47
13. Tuff Life Booogie (Hanley, S/Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:44
14. Twister (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 5:07
15. Bremen Nacht Alternative (Smith, ME) 9:19
16. There's A Ghost In My House (Dozier/Holland/Holland/R. Dean Taylor) 2:37
17. Hit The North Part 1 (Rogers/Smith, ME/Smith, B) 4:00

(LP - Side 1: tracks 1-5; Side 2: tracks 6-10)
(cassette - Side 1: tracks 1-5, tracks 11-12; Side 2: tracks 6-10, tracks 13-14)
(CD: tracks 1-7, track 15, tracks 9-10, tracks 12, 11, 13, tracks 16-17)

Personnel:
Mark E Smith - vocals, keyboards
Brix Smith - guitar, vocals
Craig Scanlon - guitar, vocals
Steve Hanley - bass, vocals
Marcia Schofield – keyboards, vocals
Simon Wolstencroft - drums, vocals

With:
Simon Rogers – guitar, saxophone, keyboards

Other credits:
Produced by: Simon Rogers (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17); Grant Showbiz (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9, 16); Dian Barton (tracks 12, 15); Ian Grimble (track 11)
Engineered by: Ian Grimble and Dian Barton
Cover artwork: Paul Cox

Recording info:
Recorded at Abbey Road, London; Brixton and Manchester mid-late 1987.

Notes:
Initial pressings of the LP came with a free 7" single - Bremen Nacht Run Out. Track 11 comes from the free single Bremen Nacht Run Out; tracks 12-14 come from the Victoria single; track 15 is an alternate recording of track 8; track 16 comes from the single There's A Ghost In My House; track 17 comes from the Hit The North single. The LP cover has the album title in gold lettering, the CD has red lettering (see image gallery). The CD was re-pressed in 1988 and 1997 as a budget price release with a different catalogue number (BBL91CD), but the tracklisting and artwork otherwise remained the same as the original CD.

 
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US & German Versions
The US LP release on Beggars Banquet/RCA (6987-1-H) and German LP on SPV/Rebel (SPV 08-1418) have track 17 as an additional track at the start of side 2. The US CD release on Beggars Banquet/RCA (6987-2-H) follows the same tracklisting as the US LP, it does not include any of the extra tracks added to the UK CD release. The German CD on SPV/Rebel (SPV 85-1420) follows the expanded UK CD tracklisting.


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