Snakes and Ladders (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Snakes and Ladders
Type = Album
Artist = Frank Tovey


Released = 1986, re-released 2001
Recorded = 1986
Genre = New Wave
Length =
Label = Mute
Producer = Frank Tovey and E.C. Radcliffe
Reviews =
Last album =

This album = "Snakes and Ladders"
(1986)
Next album = "The Fad Gadget Singles"
(1986)

Snakes and Ladders is a studio album from Frank Tovey. It was first released in 1986.

The original vinyl release of this album featured a largely acoustic version of his hit "Collapsing New People" which was subsequently removed from the CD re-issue. Some versions of the original album came with an additional EP that came with extra tracks, recorded under Frank Tovey's pseudonym Fad Gadget, which were retained for the CD re-issue.

Personnel

* Frank Tovey, vocals, guitar, synthesizer
* Davis John Simmonds, keyboard
* Guy Evans, "batphone" and "fibrephone"
* David John Rhodes, rhythm guitar
* E.C. Radcliffe, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
* David John Rodgers, bass guitar
* Nicholas John Cash, drums

Track listing

LP release

#"The Cutting Edge"
#"Snakes and Ladders"
#"The Cutting Edge" (Reprise)
#"Shot in the Dark"
#"Concrete"
#"Collapsing New People"
#"Luxury"
#"Small World"
#"Luddite Joe"
#"Megalomaniac"

Additional EP tracks:
#"Coitus Interruptus"
#"Innocent Bystander"
#"Sheep Look Up"
#"Ideal World"

CD release

#"The Cutting Edge"
#"Snakes and Ladders"
#"The Cutting Edge "(Reprise)
#"Shot in the Dark"
#"Concrete"
#"Luxury"
#"Small World"
#"Luddite Joe"
#"Megalomaniac"
#"Bed of Nails"
#"Clean This Act Up"
#"Coitus Interruptus"
#"Innocent Bystander"
#"Sheep Look Up"
#"Ideal World"