- The Raincoats (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = The Raincoats
Type =Album
Artist =The Raincoats
Released = 1979
Recorded = 1979 at Bury St. Studio, London
Genre =Post-punk
Length = 34:27
Label = Rough Trade
Producer =Geoff Travis ,Mayo Thompson , The Raincoats
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9efm961o3ep2 link]
Last album =
This album = "The Raincoats"
(1979)
Next album = "Odyshape "
(1981)"The Raincoats", released in 1979 (see
1979 in music ), was the debut album byThe Raincoats . The album is perhaps best known for its off-kilter cover of "Lola" byThe Kinks . The album was re-released by Rough Trade in 1994, with liner notes byKurt Cobain . The cover painting is by Pang Hsiao-Li.Track listing
All songs written by
The Raincoats , except where noted:#"Fairytale In the Supermarket" – 2:55
#"No Side to Fall In" – 1:46
#"Adventures Close to Home" – 1:52
#"Off Duty Trip" – 3:14
#"Black and White" – 2:28
#"Lola" (Ray Davies) – 4:01
#"The Void" – 3:51
#"Life on the Line" – 4:21 (Lyrics by Ross Crighton and The Raincoats)
#"You're a Million" – 3:32
#"In Love" – 3:11
#"No Looking" – 3:16 (Lyrics translated and adapted by The Raincoats from a poem byJacques Prévert )Personnel
*
Ana Da Silva - vocals, keyboards, guitar
*Gina Birch - vocals, bass
*Palmolive - drums
*Vicky Aspinall - vocals, guitar, bass, violin
*Lora Logic - saxophone on "Black and White"
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