- Jane from Occupied Europe
Infobox Album |
Name = Jane From Occupied Europe
Type =Album
Artist =Swell Maps
Released = 1980 (re-release 1989)
Recorded = June 1979 - May 1980 (WMRS,Leamington Spa ), except "Mining Villages" July 1977 ("at home"), "Epic's Trip" & "Big Empty Field (No. 2)" March 1980 (London )
Genre =Post-punk
Length = 44:17
Label =Rough Trade Records
Producer =Swell Maps
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfoxq95ldse link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22199-a-trip-to-marineville-jane-from-occupied-europe link] |
Last album = "A Trip to Marineville "
(1979)
This album = "Jane From Occupied Europe"
(1980)
Next album ="Jane From Occupied Europe" is the second album by British
post-punk groupSwell Maps . The original 1980 issue of the album contained the first fourteen tracks, and the reissue in 1989 byMute Records added eight bonus tracks.Track listing
Original Album
#"Robot Factory" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:23
#"Let's Buy a Bridge" (Sudden) – 1:53
#"Border Country" (Sudden) – 2:10
#"Cake Shop Girl" (retitled "Cake Shop") (Head) – 2:26
#"The Helicopter Spies" (Sudden) – 4:17
#"Big Maz in the Desert" (Swell Maps) – 5:07
#"Big Empty Field" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 3:44
#"Mining Villages" (Soundtracks) – 1:04
#"Collision with a Frogman..." (Swell Maps) – 3:41
#"...vs. The Mangrove Delta Plan" (Swell Maps) – 4:23
#"Secret Island" (Sudden) – 4:23
#"Whatever Happens Next..." (Sudden) – 2:59
#"Blenheim Shots" (Sudden) – 3:41
#"A Raincoat's Room" (retitled "Raining in My Room") (Soundtracks) – 1:42Bonus tracks
- "Let's Build a Car" (Sudden) – 3:06
- "Epic's Trip" (Soundtracks) – 0:55
- "...uh..." (Swell Maps) – 0:31
- "Secret Island" (instrumental) (Sudden) – 6:27
- "Amphitheatres" (Swell Maps) – 2:56
- "Big Empty Field" (No. 2) (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:59
- "The Stairs are Like an Avalanche" (Swell Maps) – 4:04
- "...then Poland" (Swell Maps) – 0:52
Personnel
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Epic Soundtracks – drums, piano, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, violin, guitars, sax, concrete, typewriter
*Nikki Sudden – vocals, guitar, organ, toys, handclaps, bass, piano
*Jowe Head – bass, sax, guitar, toys, vocals
*Richard Earl – guitar, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, bass
*David Barrington – guitar, violin, kazoo, vocals, bass
*John Cockrill - handclaps and vocals on track 5
*Barry Gray – organ on track 2
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