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Wombling Songs
Studio album by
the Wombles
ReleasedNovember 1973
Recorded1973
StudioCBS Studios, Wessex Studios
Genre
Length35:29
LabelCBS
ProducerMike Batt
The Wombles chronology
Wombling Songs
(1973) 		Remember You're a Womble
(1974)
Singles from Wombling Songs
  1. "The Wombling Song"
    Released: October 1973

Wombling Songs is the first album released by the Wombles. "The Wombling Song" was released as a single. The album was written, arranged and performed by Mike Batt, with vocals credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted by Mike Batt".

History and reception

According to Batt, the album is a simple compilation of character songs and background music for the television series.[2] It has garnered a small cult following in the 21st century, with music journalist Bob Stanley calling it "something of a kid-rock masterpiece, a pre-teen Odessey and Oracle, chock-full of woodwinds, harpsichords, and minor-key McCartney-esque melodies".[3] Staff writers of The Scotsman noted the album's "glimpses of pop sophistication – the clarinet figure in the theme tune, the wistful pop of Orinoco's song "Dreaming In The Sun"...".[1]

In 2022, Batt revealed he destroyed the master tapes of Wombling Songs and the three subsequent Wombles albums, so "people can't fuck with them after I'm gone...if I wanted to go back and change it I would. They aren’t perfection but they are a faithful representation of what I offered to the world in 1974 and 1975."[4]

Chart Performance

The album spent 17 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 19 on 2 March 1974.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Batt.

  1. "The Wombling Song (Television Version)" - 1:40
  2. "Wombles Everywhere" (3:20)
  3. "Exercise Is Good for You (Laziness Is Not)" - 2:30
  4. "The Wombles' Warning" - 3:25
  5. "Tobermory" - 3:35
  6. "Dreaming in the Sun (Orinoco's Song)" - 4:10
  7. "Madame Cholet" - 3:48
  8. "Great Uncle Bulgaria's March" - 3:28
  9. "Wellington Womble" - 3:50
  10. "Bungo's Birthday" - 2:30
  11. "Wombling Along (Link Piece)" - 0:48
  12. "The Wombling Song (Full Version)" - 2:25

References

  1. ^ a b The Newsroom (19 June 2011). "Album reviews: The Wombles: Wombling Songs, Remember You're A Womble, Keep On Wombling, Superwombling". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ISBN 0-922915-69-5
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  3. ^ Stanley, Bob (2 December 2010). "Bubblegum pop: all the young dudes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ Shutler, Ali (10 October 2022). "Wombles songwriter destroys master tapes to avoid The Beatles-style remasters". NME. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ISBN 1-84449-058-0
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