Perspex Island

Perspex Island is the title of an album by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, released on Go! Discs in 1991.

The group's third under their contract to A&M Records, it contains eleven Hitchcock originals. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1991, and features guest appearances by Hitchcock fans Michael Stipe and Peter Buck of REM. The associated single "So You Think You're in Love" peaked #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S.^[2]

The album carries a Hitchcock oil painting on its front cover, depicting the mythological figure Thoth, which The Egyptians had once used as a group logo.

Track listing

1. "Oceanside" — 3:48
2. "So You Think You're in Love" — 2:34
3. "Birds in Perspex" — 3:54
4. "Ultra Unbelievable Love" — 3:49
5. "Vegetation and Dimes" — 4:58
6. "Lysander" — 4:36
7. "Child of the Universe" — 4:21
8. "She Doesn't Exist" — 4:25
9. "Ride" — 5:04
10. "If You Go Away" — 4:55
11. "Earthly Paradise" — 6:34

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