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Desperate Straights is an album by British avant-garde rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in November 1974. It was the first of two collaborative albums by the two groups and was released in 1975.
Almost all of the album comprises Slapp Happy composed material and it is for this reason that it is generally regarded as a Slapp Happy album with backing by Henry Cow. The music is an unusual blend of avant-garde music and nostalgic pop, and the success of this collaboration led to the two bands merging.
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- Side One
- "Some Questions about Hats" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:49
- "The Owl" (Moore) – 2:14
- "A Worm is at Work" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:52
- "Bad Alchemy" (Greaves, Blegvad) – 3:06
- "Europa" (Moore, Blegvad) – 2:48
- "Desperate Straights" (Moore) – 4:14
- "Riding Tigers" (Blegvad) – 1:43
- Side Two
- "Apes in Capes" (Moore) – 2:14
- "Strayed" (Blegvad) – 1:53
- "Giants" (Moore, Blegvad) – 1:57
- "Excerpt from The Messiah" Handel, Blegvad) – 1:48
- "In the Sickbay" (Krause, Blegvad) – 2:08
- "Caucasian Lullaby" (Cutler, Moore) – 8:20
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