Electric Landlady

Infobox Album
Name = Electric Landlady
Type = Studio album
Artist = Kirsty MacColl


Released = June 25, 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock,Folk rock
Length = 51:49
Label = Charisma Records
Producer = Steve Lillywhite
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:seknikz6bb59~T1 link]
Last album = "Kite" (1989)
This album = "Electric Landlady" (1991)
Next album = "Titanic Days" (1993)

"Electric Landlady" is Kirsty MacColl's fourth studio album. Released in 1991, it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration with producer/husband Steve Lillywhite. The title is a play on Jimi Hendrix's album "Electric Ladyland"cite journal|title = MacColl, Kirsty|journal = Contemporary Musicians|volume = Vol. 51|url = http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/maccoll-kirsty-biography|accessdate = 2006-10-25|author = Pilchak, Angela M.|year = 2005] .

"Landlady" was MacColl's most successful U.S. release, owing to the lead track "Walking Down Madison", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The longest song of the album, it features guest vocals by rapper Aniff Cousins.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirsty MacColl and Mark E. Nevin; except where indicated

Original Release

#"Walking Down Madison" 6:35 (MacColl, Johnny Marr)
#"All I Ever Wanted" 3:51 (MacColl, Marshall Crenshaw)
#"Children of the Revolution" 4:00 (MacColl, Johnny Marr)
#"Halloween" 3:38
#"My Affair" 5:25
#"Lying Down" 4:51 (MacColl, Pete Glenister)
#"He Never Mentioned Love" 3:53 (MacColl, Jem Finer)
#"We'll Never Pass This Way Again" 4:33
#"The Hardest Word" 4:36 (MacColl, Hamish MacColl)
#"Maybe It's Imaginary" 2:13
#"My Way Home" 4:27 (MacColl, Pete Glenister)
#"The One and Only" 3:42

2005 Re-Release

#"Walking Down Madison" 6:35
#"All I Ever Wanted" 3:51
#"Children of the Revolution" 4:00
#"Halloween" 3:38
#"My Affair" 5:25
#"Lying Down" 4:51
#"He Never Mentioned Love" 3:53
#"We'll Never Pass This Way Again" 4:33
#"The Hardest Word" 4:36
#"Maybe It's Imaginary" 2:13
#"My Way Home" 4:27
#"The One and Only" 3:42
#"Don't Go Near the Water" (Mike Love, Alan Jardine)
#"One Good Thing"
#"Darling, Let's Have Another Baby" (Fred Berk)
#"My Affair" (Bass Sexy Remix)
#"Walking Down Madison" (6am Ambient Remix)

Musicians

* Vocals - Kirsty MacColl
* Guitar - Pete Glenister
* Guitar - Elliot Randall
* Guitar - Mark E. Nevin
* Guitar - Ian Aitken
* Guitar - Johnny Marr
* Guitar - Colin Stuart
* Guitar - Philip Chevron
* Drums - Robert Ameen
* Drums - Mel Gaynor
* Drums - David Palmer
* Drums - Andrew Rankin
* Bass - Sal Cuevas
* Bass - Pino Palladino
* Bass - Darryl Hunt
* Bass - Guy Pratt
*Dave Valentin - alto flute, ocarina, pipes
*Milton Cardona - conga
*Ite Jerez - trumpet
*Lloyd Carter - violin
*Jimmy Chambers - background vocals
*George Chandler - background vocals
*Felix Ferrar - violin
*Angel Fernandez - trumpet
*Jem Finer - banjo
*Oscar Hernández - piano
*Lewis Kahn - trombone, violin
*Judd Lander - harmonica
*Adrian Lillywhite - tambourine
*Bob Loveday - violin
*Hamish MacColl - keyboards
*Jose Mangual - bongos
*Enrique Orengo - cello
*Marc Quiñones - timbales
*Steve Sacks - alto saxophone
*Ed Shearmur - piano, clavinet
*Joseph J. Shepley - trumpet
*Terry Woods - cittern
*Aniff Cousins - rap
*James Fearnley - accordion
*Trevor Gray - organ, synthesizer, programming
*Jody Liscott - percussion
*Leopoldo Pineda - trombone
*Spider Stacy, Colin Stuart - mandolin
*Joe Shepley - trumpet

Notes

External links

* [http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/music/albums/electric_landlady/index.htm "Electric Landlady"] at KirstyMacColl.com