Smiling Men with Bad Reputations
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| Smiling Men with Bad Reputations | |||||
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| Studio album by Mike Heron | |||||
| Released | 1971 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records | ||||
| Producer | Joe Boyd | ||||
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Smiling Men with Bad Reputations is the 1971 solo debut release by Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band. Here Heron was prone to generate odd, atmospheric melodies, some of which were drawn from Celtic and Eastern sources. "Spirit Beautiful" is a fine example in which Heron creates an Indian folk song with assistance from Indian musicians on strings and percussion.
[edit] Track listing
- "Call Me Diamond"
- "Flowers of the Forest"
- "Audrey"
- "Brindaban"
- "Feast of Stephen"
- "Spirit Beautiful"
- "Warm Heart Pastry"
- "Beautiful Stranger"
- "No Turning Back"
Smiling Men with Bad Reputations was remastered and reissued in 2004 with two bonus tracks:
- "Make No Mistake" – 3:09
- "Lady Wonder" – 4:20
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Heron - Guitar, Keyboards
- John Cale - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
- Gerry Conway - Drums
- Tony Cox - Synthesizer
- Pat Donaldson - Bass
- John Entwistle - Bass
- Sue Glover - Vocals
- Mike Kowalski - Drums
- Malcolm Le Maistre - Clarinet
- Sunny Leslie - Vocals
- Dave Mattacks - Drums
- Keith Moon - Drums
- Simon Nicol - Guitar
- Dave Pegg - Bass
- Dudu Pukwana - Saxophone
- Rose Simpson - Bass
- Liza Strike - Vocals
- Richard Thompson - Guitar
- Pete Townshend - Guitar
- Heather Wood - Vocals
