Monty Python Sings

Monty Python Sings
Compilation album by Monty Python
Released	1989
Genre	Comedy
Length	54:16
Label	Virgin
Monty Python chronology
Monty Python's The Final Rip Off (1988) Monty Python Sings (1989) The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A- [2]

Monty Python Sings is a comedy album of songs written by the Monty Python team.

The song "Oliver Cromwell" was never released prior to this album. It also contains a new recording "I've Got Two Legs," which had previously only been released as part of live recordings, and the previously rare single version of "The Lumberjack Song." The album also has the complete version of the "Medical Love Song" and "Henry Kissinger," which each had a verse cut out of its appearance on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album.

Track listing

1. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" – 3:33
2. "Sit on My Face" – 0:45
3. "Lumberjack Song" – 3:20
4. "Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)" – 0:41
5. "Oliver Cromwell" – 4:10
6. "Money Song" – 0:52
7. "Accountancy Shanty" – 1:16
8. "Finland" – 2:01
9. "Medical Love Song" – 3:31
10. "I'm So Worried" – 2:57
11. "Every Sperm Is Sacred" – 4:34
12. "Never Be Rude to an Arab" – 1:00
13. "I Like Chinese" – 3:10
14. "Eric the Half-a-Bee" – 2:06
15. "Brian Song" – 2:35
16. "Bruces' Philosophers Song (Bruces' Song)" – 0:52
17. "Meaning of Life" – 2:15
18. "Knights of the Round Table" – 1:06
19. "All Things Dull and Ugly" – 1:33
20. "Decomposing Composers" – 2:48
21. "Henry Kissinger" – 1:28
22. "I've Got Two Legs" – 0:33
23. "Christmas in Heaven" – 2:45
24. "Galaxy Song" – 2:41
25. "Spam Song" – 0:32

Tracks 3, 6, and 25 are studio re-recordings of songs originally featured in the series Monty Python's Flying Circus. Tracks 3 and 25 were originally released on a 1975 single together (track 25 also appeared on Another Monty Python Record), while track 6 previously appeared on Monty Python's Previous Record.

Track 18 is from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Tracks 1 and 15 are from the film Life of Brian.

Tracks 4, 7, 11, 17, 23, and 24 are from the film Meaning of Life.

Track 14 is from the LP Monty Python's Previous Record.

Track 16 is from the LP Matching Tie and Handkerchief.

Tracks 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, and 20 are from the LP Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album, as were alternate versions of 9 and 21 (track 21 was previously released on Monty Python's The Final Rip Off).

Tracks 5 and 22 were previously unreleased.

Personnel

• Graham Chapman
• John Cleese
• Terry Gilliam
• Eric Idle
• Terry Jones
• Michael Palin

• Sonia Jones
• Fred Tomlinson
• John Du Prez
• Neil Innes
• Dave Howman
• George Harrison
• Frédéric Chopin
• Andre Jacquemin
• John Gould
• John Altman
• Mike McNaught
• James Saunders
• Kath James

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r82483
2. ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=962&name=Monty+Python