Dude Descending a Staircase

Dude Descending a Staircase is a 2003 album by the British band Apollo 440. The Japanese release features two additional tracks on the first disc, "Make My Dreams Come True" and "Rock 'n' Roll".

The album title and cover refer to the famous painting Nude Descending a Staircase (1912) by Marcel Duchamp.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Dude Descending a Staircase" (Lester Fernandez, Trevor Gray, Howard Gray, Noko, Abiodun Oyewole, Jerry Tineo) - 5:06
2. "Hustler Groove" (Stuart Crichton, Gray, Gray, Noko, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin) - 6:14
3. "Disco Sucks" (Gray, Gray, Ewan MacFarlane, Noko) - 3:55
4. "N'Existe Pas" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:45
5. "Electronic Civil Disobedience" (Jay Dunne, Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:55
6. "1,2,3,4" (Gray, Gray, Ian Hoxley, Noko, Pete Wylie) - 3:45
7. "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape" (Gray, Trevor Gray, Paul Kodlish, Noko) - 4:40
8. "Time is Running Out" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:00
9. "Children of the Future" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Nuriddin) - 8:00

Disc 2

1. "Diamonds in the Sidewalk" (Gray, Gray, Jack Kerouac, Noko) - 3:41
2. "Something's Got to Give" (Denise Davis, Gray, Gray, Pete Kessler, Lisa Lindley-Jones, Noko) - 6:54
3. "Christiane" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:37
4. "Existe" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:00
5. "Bulletproof Blues" (Gray, Gray, MacFarlane, Noko) - 6:21
6. "Suitcase '88" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:31
7. "Check Your Ego" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Elroy Powell) - 4:09
8. "Rope, Rapture & the Rising Sun" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 7:06
9. "Bad Chemistry" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 2:46

Personnel

• Apollo 440 – producer
• Anthony Ausgang – sleeve art
• The Beatnuts – vocals
• John Birchall – hair stylist
• Tommy Blaize – vocals, backing vocals
• Mary Byker – backing vocals
• Andy Caine – backing vocals
• Chris Conway – engineer
• Stuart Crichton – cello, keyboards, programming, backing vocals, producer
• John Davis – mastering
• Elizabeth Gray – vocals, backing vocals
• Cliff Hewitt – drums
• Keith Holden – harmonica
• Harry K – backing vocals
• Jack Kerouac – vocals
• Paul Kodlish – drums
• Ashley Krajewski – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Kristine – whisper
• Ewan MacFarlane – vocals, backing vocals
• Andrew Nicholls – mixing assistant
• Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – vocals
• Elroy "Spoonface" Powell – vocals
• Tom Sheehan – photography
• Stan Francisco – saxophone
• Pete Wylie – vocals
• Xan – vocals

References

1. ^ http://www.apollo440.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&Itemid=99
2. ^ Allmusic review