A Singsong and a Scrap

A Singsong and a Scrap
Studio album by Chumbawamba
Released October 11, 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Folk, indie folk, protest music, anarcho-punk
Length 42:40
Label No Masters
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Chumbawamba chronology
Un
(2004)		 A Singsong and a Scrap
(2005)		 Get on with It
(2006)

A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband. The first single to be taken from the album is "Fade Away".

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Chumbawamba, except 8 and 11:

# Song Name Length Notes
1 "Laughter in a Time of War" 2:46 With vocals by John Jones
2 "William Francis" 3:39
3 "By and By" 4:31 A tribute to Swedish-American labour activist Joe Hill; vocals by John Jones
4 "You Can (Mass Trespass, 1932)" 4:38 About the Mass Trespass of Kinder Scout that led to land access reform in the UK
5 "Walking into Battle With the Lord" 2:56 With vocals by John Jones & Coope, Boyes & Simpson
6 "When Alexander Met Emma" 3:10 About anarchists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
7 "Fade Away (I Don't Want To)" 3:10
8 "Bankrobber" 2:07 Acapella The Clash cover; Written by Strummer/Jones; vocals by Coope, Boyes & Simpson
9 "Learning to Love" 3:12
10 "The Land of Do What You're Told" 4:19 With vocals by Coope, Boyes & Simpson
11 "Bella Ciao" 1:34 Traditional Italian song, arranged by Chumbawamba; recorded in the wake of the controversial death of activist Carlo Giuliani in Genoa
12 "Smith and Taylor" 4:00
13 "The Untraditional" 1:56 hidden track; A song about forbidden love in the English folk tradition. Any mention of the track on the package was omitted to reinforce the "taboo" subject nature and "because it tries to make its point in a very quiet way"

Personnel

All instruments and voices

With

References

Chumbawamba
Lou Watts • Boff Whalley • Neil Ferguson • Jude Abbott • Phil Moody
Dunstan Bruce • Danbert Nobacon • Alice Nutter • Harry Hamer • Paul Greco • Mavis Dillon
Albums
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records (1986) • Never Mind the Ballots (1987) • English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 (1988) • Slap! (1990) • Shhh (1992) • Anarchy (1994) • Swingin' with Raymond (1995) • Tubthumper (1997) • WYSIWYG (2000) • Readymades (2002) • Un (2004) • A Singsong and a Scrap (2005) • The Boy Bands Have Won (2008) • ABCDEFG (2010)
Compilations
& Soundtracks
First 2 (1994)  • Uneasy Listening (1998)  • Shhhlap! (2003)  • Revengers Tragedy (2003)
Live albums
Showbusiness! (1995)  • Get On With It! (2006)
Singles and EPs
"Revolution" (1985) • "We Are the World?" (1986) • "Let It Be" (1987) • "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" (1988) • "I Never Gave Up" (1990)  • "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave (1992)"  • "Enough is Enough" (with MC Fusion) (1993)  • "Timebomb" (1993)  • "Homophobia" (1994)  • "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" (1995)  • "i - Portraits of Anarchists" EP (1996)  • "Just Look at Me Now" (1996)  • "Tubthumping" (1997)  • "Amnesia" (1998)  • "Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole)" (1998)  • "Tony Blair" (1999)  • "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" (2000)  • "Pass It Along" (2000)  • Enough Is Enough (Kick It Over)" (2000)  • "Her Majesty" (2002)  • "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" (2002)  • "Tubthumping (Remix)" (2003)  • "Home with Me" (2003)  • "Salt Fare North Sea" (2003)  • "On eBay" (2004)  • "The Wizard of Menlo Park" (2004)  • "Add Me" (2007)
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