Swingin' with Raymond

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Swingin' With Raymond
Swingin' With Raymond cover
Studio album by Chumbawamba
Released 1995
Genre Anarcho-punk
Length 46:36
Label One Little Indian Records/London Records (1995)
Virgin Records (1998)
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars link
Chumbawamba chronology
Anarchy
(1994)		 Swingin' With Raymond
(1995)		 Tubthumper
(1997)

Swingin' With Raymond is a 1995 album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was conceived as a concept album of sorts for the band, with the first side (or the first six tracks on CD) being entitled the "Love it" side and being listenable, soft, sweet folk-styled songs in an optimistic, romantic vein, and the second half (or last seven tracks on CD) being entitled the "Hate it" side with the tracks on it being devoted to anger, loudness, noise and raw emotion. This was complemented by a man on the album cover with "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on his knuckles.

A fan-made 'definitive version' also exists, which rearranges the tracks and adds several new songs: "Last Taxi Ride," "Kiss Kiss Kiss," "Mannequin," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Nothing Knocks Me Over," "Safety-Pin Stuck In My Heart," "Just Look At Me Now (Borstal Boy Mix)," and a hidden track taken from the Just Look At Me Now single.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "This Girl"
  2. "Never Let Go"
  3. "Just Look At Me Now"
  4. "Not The Girl I Used To Be"
  5. "The Morning After (The Night Before)"
  6. "Love Can Knock You Over"
  7. "All Mixed Up"
  8. "This Dress Kills"
  9. "Salome (Let's Twist Again)"
  10. "Oxymoron"
  11. "Waiting, Shouting"
  12. "Hey! You! Outside Now!"
  13. "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!"
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