Songs for Ships and Irons

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Songs For Ships and Irons
Songs For Ships and Irons cover
Compilation album by Cardiacs
Released 1991, 1995
Genre Pronk
Label Alphabet Business Concern
Producer Tim Smith
Cardiacs chronology
The Seaside (2nd Version)
(1990)		 Songs For Ships and Irons
(1991)		 Heaven Born and Ever Bright
(1992)

This is a compilation album by Cardiacs. It combines the Big Ship Mini LP, There's Too Many Irons In The Fire 12" and the B side of the Susannah's Still Alive 12", and also includes a bonus song, Everything is Easy. This track was a live favourite way before Cardiacs decided to put it on vinyl.

Some of the quiet talking on the Big Ship 12" has been edited/lowered for some reason. As of March 2007, it was out of print.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Big Ship"
  2. "Tarred And Feathered"
  3. "Burn Your House Brown"
  4. "Stoneage Dinosaurs"
  5. "Plane Plane Against The Grain"
  6. "Everything Is Easy!"
  7. "There's Too Many Irons In The Fire"
  8. "All Spectacular"
  9. "Blind In Safety And Leafy In Love"
  10. "Loosefish Scapegrace"
  11. "All His Geese Are Swans!"

[edit] Lineup

Tim Smith - Guitar + Vocals
Jim Smith - Bass
Sarah Smith - Sax
William.D.Drake - Keyboards
Dominic Luckman - Drums
Tim Quy - Percussion