- Fitness to Practice
Infobox Album |
Name = Fitness to Practice
Type =Album
Artist =Amateur Transplants
Released = 2004
Recorded =Imperial College London Studios
Genre = Medical Comedy
Length = 46:50
Label = N/A
Producer =Rosh G
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Fitness to Practice"
(2004)
Next album ="Fitness to Practice" is an album produced for charity by Dr Adam Kay and Dr Suman Biswas (aka:
Amateur Transplants ) in 2004. 10% of the profits from the album sales go toMacmillan Cancer Relief . The album costs £9.99 for people in the UK and £12.99 for overseas orders. There is now a newly remastered version of the album available with two bonus tracks, Northern Birds and What I went to SKL 4, and full lyrics for all of the songs on the album, on sale for the same price. The album is published on theFriday Audio label ofThe Friday Project .The album contains extremely strong language and therefore, according to the official website, "should not be bought for an elderly maiden aunt."
Track listing
#"Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin"
#"Nothing at All"
#"Finals Countdown"
#"Your Baby"
#"Disney Time"
#"Eternal Clerking"
#"The Menstrual Rag"
#"London Underground"
#"Mr Burton"
#"Snippets"
#"Careless Surgeon"
#"Dorsal Horn Concerto"
#"The Drugs Song"
#"Always Look on the Bright Side"
#"A Letter to the Patient's GP Please, Angela"Bonus Tracks:
*16. Northern Birds
*17. What I went to SKL 4Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin, Nothing at All, The Menstrual Rag, London Underground, Snippets, The Drugs Song, and two new songs; the NHS Song (a parody of
Nizlopi 'sJCB Song ) and [http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/fitness/tracks/Sheila's%20Wheels.mp3 Sheila's Wheels] (a parody of the jingle for a car insurance television advert in the UK), can be downloaded for free at the [http://www.amateurtransplants.com/ official website] , albeit at a lower quality.Parody information
# Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin - "
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " fromWalt Disney 's "Mary Poppins" It is about a fictional new drug from "SmaxoGlithKline" (a parody ofGlaxoSmithKline ) which acts as an all-purpose medicine for any condition, with some lamentable side effects, which are blamed on it being "fucking cheap" and the state of the NHS.
# Nothing at All - "When You Say Nothing at All " byPaul Overstreet andDon Schlitz , covered byRonan Keating
# Finals Countdown - "We Didn't Start the Fire " byBilly Joel
# Your Baby - "My Baby Just Cares for Me " byWalter Donaldson (music) andGus Kahn (lyrics), best known version byNina Simone
# Disney Time - "Under The Sea " fromWalt Disney 's "The Little Mermaid" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight " bySolomon Linda
# Eternal Clerking - "Eternal Flame" byThe Bangles
# The Menstrual Rag - "The Vatican Rag " byTom Lehrer
# London Underground - "Going Underground " byThe Jam
# Mr Burton - "Any Dream Will Do " from "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat " byAndrew Lloyd Webber andTim Rice
# Snippets - "Hand in My Pocket " byAlanis Morissette , "Macarena" byLos del Río , "Yellow" byColdplay , "If I Only Had A Brain " from "The Wizard of Oz" byHoward Arlen (music) andE.Y. Harburg (lyrics), "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) " byPhil Collins , "Sultans of Swing " byDire Straits , "One" byU2 , "Take On Me " byA-ha
# Careless Surgeon - "Careless Whisper " byGeorge Michael
# Dorsal Horn Concerto - "Rondo " (3rd movement) from Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major K.495 byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , which was famously parodied byFlanders and Swann in their song "Ill Wind".
# The Drugs Song - "The Elements" byTom Lehrer , which was based around the tune of "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" from "The Pirates of Penzance " byGilbert and Sullivan
# Always Look on the Bright Side - "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " from "Monty Python's Life of Brian " byEric Idle
# A Letter to the Patient's GP Please, AngelaBonus Tracks:
*16. Northern Birds - "More Than Words " by Extreme
*17. What I went to SKL 4 - "What I Go to School For " by BustedExternal links
*http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/fitness/
* [http://www.amateurtransplants.com/ Official website of the Amateur Transplants]
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