The Fish People Tapes
The Fish People Tapes | ||||
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Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1982 – 1984 | |||
Genre | Comedy, new wave | |||
Length | 51:25 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | David Stafford ("'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?" by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley) | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Fish People Tapes is a 1984 comedy album by Alexei Sayle. Subtitled "an Alexei Sayle mystery", the album comprises an episodic detective serial plus occasional musical interludes. This is his second album.
The album is based on Alexei Sayle and the Fish People, an award-winning radio series originally broadcast by
Although the radio series was originally broadcast in the
In addition to performing the album's songs, Sayle voices all of the album's dramatic parts, including the eponymous lead character, a community detective based in Stoke Newington.
The album's final track, "'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?", which was a hit single for Sayle in February 1984, is unrelated to the rest of the album and was included with the sleeve notation "just squeezed in!".
Track listing
All tracks written by Alexei Sayle/David Stafford except where noted.
All tracks produced by David Stafford except * produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.
Side one
- "Metroto the Disco"
- Episodes One and Two
- "It Ain't Hard to Be an Animal" (Sayle, Harry Bogdanovs)
- Episode Three
- "20 Tom Waits and a Box of Swans" (Sayle, Bogdanovs, Stafford)
- Episode Four
- "That's Milton Springsteen"
Side two
- "That's Milton Springsteen"
- Episode Five
- "Song of the Revolutionary Stool Pigeon"
- Episode Six
- "'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?" (Sayle)*
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "BasicFamousPeople". www.basicfamouspeople.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.[title missing]