The Monkey Puzzle (The Saints album)

The Monkey Puzzle
Studio album by The Saints
Released February 1981
Recorded Polydor Studios London - EMI Studio 301 Sydney, Australia 1980
Genre Punk rock
Pop punk
Label Lost EMI Music Australia (Australian 2004 Reissue)
Producer Chris Bailey
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The Saints chronology
Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow (EP)
(1980)		 '''The Monkey Puzzle'''
(1981)		 I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca
(1982)

The Monkey Puzzle is the fourth album by the Australian music group The Saints released in January 1981. It was the first album to be released after Ed Kuepper left the band.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks C.J Bailey copyright Lost Music\Mushroom Music except Dizzy Miss Lizzy

  1. "Miss Wonderful"
  2. "Always, Always"
  3. "Paradise"
  4. "Let’s Pretend"
  5. "Somebody."
  6. "Monkeys"
  7. "Mystery Dream"
  8. "In The Mirror"
  9. "Simple Love"
  10. "The Ballad"
  11. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"

French bonus disk

The Monkey Puzzle was released in France on New Rose label and came with a free live single (ROSE-1),

Track listing

  1. (I'm) Stranded (live)
  2. Security (live)
  3. This Perfect Day (live)

Personnel

Musicians

Production

The Saints

Chris Bailey • Caspar Wijnberg  • Jane Mack  • Peter Wilkinson

Ivor Hay • Ed Kuepper • Jeffrey Wegener • Doug Balmanno • Kym Bradshaw • Algy Ward • Arturo LaRizza • Bruce Callaway • Barry Francis • Janine Hall • Mark Birmingham • Chris Burnham • Laurie Cuffe • Ian Shedden • Tracy Pew • Richard Burgman • Louise Elliott • Arturo LaRizza • Joe Chiofalo • Dror Erez • Tony Faehse • Peter Jones • Michael Bayliss • Marty Bjerregaard • Andy Faulkner • Andreas Jörnvill • Joakim Täck • Ian Walsh • Måns Wieslander • Eddie Nyström • Marty Willson-Piper
Studio albums
Live albums
Live in Mud Hut ... Somewhere in Europe • The Most Primitive Band in the World (Live from the Twilight Zone, Brisbane 1974)
Compilation albums
Best of the Saints • Scarce (1989) • The New Rose Years • Songs of Salvation 1976-1988 • Permanent Revolution • Know Your Product: The Best of The Saints • 7799: Big Hits on the Underground • Wild About You • All Times Though Paradise • The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made
Singles / Extended plays
"(I'm) Stranded" • "Erotic Neurotic • One Two Three Four • "This Perfect Day" • "Know Your Product" • "Security" • "Always" • Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow • "Let's Pretend" • "Follow the Leader" • "Ghost Ships" • "Imagination" • "Just Like Fire Would" • "(You Can't Tamper with) the Temple of the Lord" • "See You in Paradise" • "The Music Goes Round My Head" • "Stay" • "Cheap Erotica"
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