Sort Of

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Sort Of
Studio album by Slapp Happy
Released	1972
Recorded	May-June 1972, Wümme, Germany
Genre	Avant-progressive rock
Length	41:42
Label	Polydor 2310 204 (G)
Producer	Uwe Nettelbeck
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Piero Scaruffi (6/10) link
Slapp Happy chronology
– Sort Of (1972) Slapp Happy (1974)
Singles from Sort Of
"Just a Conversation" b/w "Jumpin' Jonah" Released: 1972, Polydor Records

Sort Of is the debut album of the avant-garde progressive rock band Slapp Happy.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 CD releases 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.

Side 1

1. "Just a Conversation" – 4:02
2. "Paradise Express" – 2:40
3. "I Got Evil" – 2:30
4. "Little Girl's World" – 3:25
5. "Tutankhamun" – 2:17
6. "Mono Plane" – 6:50

Side 2

1. "Blue Flower" – 5:10
2. "I'm All Alone" – 2:30
3. "Who's Gonna Help Me Now?" – 2:25
4. "Small Hands Of Stone" – 4:38
5. "Sort Of" – 2:15
6. "Heading For Kyoto" – 3:00

[edit] Personnel

• Peter Blegvad – Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
• Dagmar Krause (credited as "Daggi") – Vocals, Tambourine, Piano, Woodblock
• Anthony Moore – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Gunter Wüsthoff – Saxophone on "Paradise Express" and "I'm All Alone"
• Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – Drums
• Jean-Hervé Péron – Bass guitar

• Gunther, Zappi, and Jean recorded through courtesy of Faust
• Engineered by Kurt Graupner
• Album design and cover by David Larcher

[edit] CD releases

Sort Of was released on CD by Recommended Records in 1981 with an extra track (from the B-side of their single "Just a Conversation"):

• "Jumpin' Jonah'" (Moore/Blegvad)

It was also issued with a one-sided bonus single:

• "Alcohol" (Blegvad)

[edit] External links

• The Faust Pages. Sort Of.

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