Slapp Happy
MUSIC
Avant-garde pop band, formed 1972 in Hamburg, Germany, relocated to England in 1974, where they worked with Henry Cow for two albums. In 1975, singer Dagmar Krause officially joined that band, while the other two members of Slapp Happy quit. Briefly reunited in 1997.
DISCOGRAPHY
Sort Of (1972, Polydor (DE))
1 | Just a Conversation |
2 | Paradise Express |
3 | I Got Evil |
4 | Little Girls World |
5 | Tutankhamun |
6 | Mono Plane |
7 | Blue Flower |
8 | I'm All Alone |
9 | Who's Gonna Help Me Now |
10 | Small Hands of Stone |
11 | Sort Of |
12 | Heading for Kyoto |
Recorded with Faust. Rereleased in 1981 by ReR with the bonus track "Alcohol". Rereleased in 1999 on cd with the bonus track "Jumping Jonah".
Casablanca Moon (1974, Virgin (UK))
1 | Casablanca Moon |
2 | Me and Paravati |
3 | Half-Way There |
4 | Michealangelo |
5 | Dawn |
6 | Me Rainbow |
7 | The Secret |
8 | A Little Something |
9 | The Drum |
10 | Haiku |
11 | Slow Moon's Rose |
Originally recorded in 1973 in Germany with Faust. Slapp Happy's label at the time, Polydor, refused to release the album, so the band moved to England and re-recorded it for Richard Branson's fledgling Virgin label, where it was a success. The original mix was finally released in 1980 as Acnalbasac Noom:
Acnalbasac Noom (1980, Recommended (UK))
1 | Casablanca Moon |
2 | Me and Parvati |
3 | Mr. Rainbow |
4 | Michelangelo |
5 | The Drum |
6 | A Little Something |
7 | The Secret |
8 | Dawn |
9 | Half-Way There |
10 | Charlie 'n Charlie |
11 | Slow Moon's Rose |
The CD version includes the 1982 reunion single "Everybody's Slimmin'", "Blue Eyed William", "Karen", and "Messages".
In Praise of Learning (1975, Virgin)
1 | War |
2 | Living in the Heart of the Beast |
3 | Beginning: The Long March |
4 | Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army With Banners |
5 | Morning Star |
6 | Lovers of Gold |
Collaboration with Henry Cow.
Desperate Straights (1975, Virgin)
1 | Some Questions About Hats |
2 | The Owl |
3 | A Worm Is at Work |
4 | Bad Alchemy |
5 | Europa |
6 | Desperate Straights |
7 | Riding Tigers |
8 | Apes in Capes |
9 | Strayed |
10 | Giants |
11 | The Excerpt from the Messiah |
12 | In the Sickbay |
13 | Caucasian Lullaby |
Collaboration with Henry Cow.
Ça Va (1998, V2)
1 | Scarred for Life |
2 | Moon Lovers |
3 | Child Then |
4 | Is it You? |
5 | King of Straw |
6 | Powerful Stuff |
7 | A Different Lie |
8 | Coralie |
9 | Silent the Voice |
10 | Working at the Ministry |
11 | The Unborn Byron |
12 | Let's Travel Light |
Camera (2000, Blueprint (UK))
1 | Who, How, Where, When, Why? |
2 | That Morning |
3 | Please Step Quickly In |
4 | Your Exemption Isn't Recognized |
5 | I Have Given up Trying to Decide |
6 | I've Come into a Country |
7 | It's Been Night in Here for Years |
8 | Camera Is Rising |
9 | It's Possible |
10 | To Commemorate Your Visit |
11 | It's Painful, Beautiful |
12 | Well I See You're Grateful |
13 | It Seems So Long Ago |
14 | The Office |
15 | I Heard Every Word |
16 | Exit Mr. Taft |
17 | The Light of the World |
18 | Now the Prison's on the Outside |
19 | What Was That? |
20 | Here in Camera |
21 | What Was Camera? A Chimera |
22 | Forecast Was Weak |
23 | My Exemption Is Withdrawn |
24 | I Said Freeze |
25 | Melusina Asked for Water (A Recipe a... |
26 | But Taft Is Still at Large |
27 | Alright Melusina |
28 | Your Sacrifice Is Meaningless |
29 | Now You Know as Much as I |
Soundtrack to Slapp Happy's BBC tele-opera Camera (recorded 1991, broadcast 1993). Credited to "Dagmar Krause/Anthony Moore/Peter Blegvad", though only Krause performs on this recording, as the character Melusina.
Live in Japan - May 2000 (2001, FMN (JP))
1 | King of Straw |
2 | Slow Moon's Rose |
3 | Michelangelo |
4 | Riding Tigers |
5 | Small Hands of Stone |
6 | Haiku |
7 | Is It You? |
8 | Casablanca Moon |
9 | Moon Lovers |
10 | Strayed |
11 | A Little Something |
12 | I'm All Alone |
13 | The Unborn Byron |
14 | Scarred for Life |
15 | Who's Gonna Help Me Now? |
16 | Let's Travel Light |
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