Viva Dead Ponies

Infobox Album
Name = Viva Dead Ponies
Type = studio
Artist = The Fatima Mansions


Released = 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 44.25 minutes
Label = Kitchenware
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.0|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifyxqy5ldhe link]
Last album = Against Nature
(1989)
This album = Viva Dead Ponies
(1990)
Next album = Bertie's Brochures
(1991)

"Viva Dead Ponies" was the second album by The Fatima Mansions, and features elements of both their original, more synth-led and melodic sound on songs such as "You're A Rose", as well as the noiser, guitar-oriented style that would become more prominent in their later works (a notable example of this being "Look What I Stole For Us, Darling").

As with their later album "Lost in the Former West", the American release of "Viva Dead Ponies" featured a different tracklist, removing the poppy "Thursday" and adding the "Only Losers Take The Bus" and "Blues For Ceaucescu" singles to give the album a more sustained guitar rock emphasis.

Original Tracklisting

*1. Angel's Delight (4:32)
*2. Concrete Block (0:16)
*3. Mr. Baby (2:53)
*4. The Door-to-Door Inspector (4:13)
*5. Start The Week (0:25)
*6. You're A Rose (3:31)
*7. Legoland 3 (0:27)
*8. Thursday (3:38)
*9. Ceaucescu Flashback (0:13)
*10. Broken Radio No.1 (4:38)
*11. Concrete Block (0:27)
*12. Farewell Oratorio (0:59)
*13. Look What I Stole For Us, Darling (3:05)
*14. The White Knuckle Express (04:15)
*15. Chemical Cosh (01:42)
*16. Tima Mansio Speaks (0:17)
*17. A Pack Of Lies (02:52)
*18. Viva Dead Ponies (05:13)
*19. More Smack, Vicar (0:52)

US Tracklisting

*1. Angel's Delight (4:32)
*2. Concrete Block (0:16)
*3. Blues For Ceaucescu (6:17)
*4. Legoland 3 (0:27)
*5. Mr. Baby (2:53)
*6. The Door-to-Door Inspector (4:13)
*7. Start The Week (0:25)
*8. You're A Rose (3:31)
*9. Ceaucescu Flashback (0:13)
*10. Broken Radio No.1 (4:38)
*11. Concrete Block (0:27)
*12. Only Losers Take The Bus (3:06)
*13. Look What I Stole For Us, Darling (3:05)
*14. Farewell Oratorio (0:59)
*15. The White Knuckle Express (4:15)
*16. Chemical Cosh (1:42)
*17. Tima Mansio Speaks (0:17)
*18. A Pack Of Lies (2:52)
*19. Viva Dead Ponies (5:13)
*20. More Smack, Vicar (0:52)