The Happiest Man Alive
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| Studio album by Baby Bird | ||
| Released | April 1996 (UK) |
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| Recorded | 1990s | |
| Genre | Lo-fi/Indie | |
| Length | 60:09 | |
| Label | Baby Bird Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Jones | |
| Baby Bird chronology | ||
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| Fatherhood (1995) |
The Happiest Man Alive (1996) |
Dying Happy (1996) |
The Happiest Man Alive was the fourth of five albums of home-made recordings, released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird in 1995.
It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD box set The Original Lo-Fi.
The album includes a version of the song "Candy Girl", subsequently a UK top-ten hit for Jones' band Babybird (written as one word).
[edit] Track listing
- "Razorblade Shower"
- "Sundial In A Tunnel"
- "Little White Man"
- "Halfway Up The Hill"
- "Horsesugar"
- "Please Don't Be Famous"
- "Louise"
- "Copper Feel"
- "Seagullably"
- "Dead In Love"
- "Candy Girl"
- "Gunfingers"
- "Married"
- "In The Country"
- "Planecrash Xmas"
- "This Beautiful Disease"
- "You'll Get A Slap"
- "In The Morning"
[edit] Reviews
"...an oblique sadist of spectacular talent. The Happiest Man Alive has an entire central nervous system of its own. It's a Frankenstein's monster of an album, gruesome and miraculous, stitched together from what would appear to be fragments of a dozen different psyches lodged inside one head." - Melody Maker
