A Singsong and a Scrap

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A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap cover
Studio album by Chumbawamba
Released October 11, 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Anarcho-punk
Length 42:40
Label No Masters
Chumbawamba chronology
Un
(2004)		 A Singsong and a Scrap
(2005)


A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband. The first single to be taken from the album is "Fade Away".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Laughter in a Time of War"
  2. "William Francis"
  3. "By and By"
  4. "You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932)"
  5. "Walking into Battle With the Lord"
  6. "When Alexander Met Emma"
  7. "Fade Away (I Don't Want to)"
  8. "Bank Robber"
  9. "Learning to Love"
  10. "The Land of Do What You're Told"
  11. "Bella Ciao"
  12. "Smith and Taylor"
  13. "The Untraditional" (hidden track)

There is no mention of the thirteenth track, "The Untraditional", on the CD or its case notes. The track is in fact a love song in the English folk tradition but with the added twist of being about love between two men. The group set out to write a song about forbidden love, something with which the folk tradition is very rich. They however found no precedent for a gay love song in the body of traditional English song. Any mention of the track on the CD package was omitted to reinforce the once taboo nature of the song's subject matter and, according to the band, "because it tries to make its point in a very quiet way".

[edit] Further reading/references

  • Chumbawamba news [1]
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