Public Execution

Infobox Album
Name = Public Execution
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist = Mouse and the Traps


Released = 1982 (LP)
1995 (CD)
Recorded = 1966 to 1969
Genre = Garage rock
Length = 47:13 (LP)
58:26 (CD)
Label = Ace Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = Public Execution
Next album = The Fraternity Years

"Public Execution" is a Mouse and the Traps retrospective album that has been released in both LP and CD formats. The LP has an unusually large number of tracks (19), while the CD includes 4 bonus tracks and catalogues almost all of the released music by Mouse and the Traps and their associated bands: "Mouse", "Positively 13 O'Clock" and "Chris St. John". (The only omitted tracks are on their final Bell Records single, "Knock on My Door" and "Where's the Little Girl").

Release Data

This album was released as an LP by Eva Records (a French record label) in 1982 as #EV-12001. It was reissued in 1995 as a CD by New Rose Blues Records as #4015.

Track listing

"All tracks credited to "Mouse and the Traps" unless otherwise noted"

LP

Side 1
# A Public Execution (Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss), 2:43; "by Mouse"
# All for You (Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss), 2:39; "by Mouse"
# Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice (Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss), 2:35
# I'm the One (Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss), 2:20
# Would You Believe (Levy/Fullman), 2:34
# Like I Know You Do (Knox Henderson/Ronnie Weiss), 2:21
# Do the Best You Can (Robin Brians), 2:24
# Promises Promises (Robin Brians/Payne), 2:24
# Psychotic Reaction (Ellner/Chaney/Atkinson/Byrne/Michalski), 2:00; "by Positively 13 O'Clock"

Side 2
# Cryin' Inside (David Stanley/Ronnie Weiss), 2:32
# Ya-Ya (Dorsey/Lewis/Robinson), 1:54
# Beg Borrow and Steal (Ronnie Weiss), 2:32
# L.O.V.E. Love (David Stanley/Ronnie Weiss), 2:24
# Sometimes You Just Can't Win (Robin Brians/Knox Henderson), 2:50
# Look at the Sun (Gillespie), 2:38
# Requiem for Sarah (David Stanley), 3:17
# Wicker Wine (Ronnie Weiss/David Stanley), 2:35
# I Believe Her (Ronnie Weiss/David Stanley), 2:55
# 13 O'Clock Theme for Psychotics (Maynard/Payne), 1:36; "by Positively 13 O'Clock"

CD

"Bonus tracks only; the tracks on the LP are listed in the same order on the CD"

# I Satisfy (David Stanley/Ronnie Weiss), 3:45
# Good Times (David Stanley/Ronnie Weiss), 2:32
# I've Got Her Love (Robin Brians/Mack Barton), 2:17; "by Chris St. John"
# As Far as the Sea (Robin Brians/Mack Barton), 2:39; "by Chris St. John"