The Psychomodo

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The Psychomodo

Studio album by Cockney Rebel

Released

2 June 1974^[1]

Recorded

February - March 1974

Genre

Glam rock^[2]

Label

EMI

Producer

Steve Harley, Alan Parsons

Cockney Rebel chronology

The Human Menagerie
(1973)

The Psychomodo
(1974)

The Best Years of Our Lives
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

The Psychomodo is the second studio album by Cockney Rebel. Produced by Steve Harley and Alan Parsons, it was released by EMI Records on 2 June 1974.^[1] The album failed to chart on the American charts, but charted at number eight in the United Kingdom.^[2]^[4]

The album was re-released in 1992 on compact disc with two bonus tracks.^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Steve Harley.

Side 1

"Sweet Dreams" – 2:05
"The Psychomodo" – 4:04
"Mr. Soft" – 3:17
"Singular Band" – 2:59
"Ritz" – 7:15

Side 2

"Cavaliers" – 8:35
"Bed in the Corner" – 3:30
"Sling It!" – 2:45
"Tumbling Down" – 5:55

Bonus tracks
(The 1992 re-release contained these bonus tracks)

"Big Big Deal" - 4:36
"Such a Dream" - 5:07

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[6]	8

Personnel

Band

Steve Harley - vocals, producer^[1]
Jean Paul Crocker - violin
Stuart Elliott - drums
Paul Jeffreys - bass
Milton Reame-James - keyboards

Production

Chris Blair - mastering
Alan Clayson - liner notes
Richard Dodd - engineer
Geoff Emerick - engineer
Peter Flanagan - engineer
John Middleton - engineer
Alan Parsons - producer^[1]
Andrew Powell - strings, arranger
Mick Rock - design, photography

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 264. CN 5585.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Thompson, David. "The Psychomodo album review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Warwick 2004, p. 490
↑ "Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
↑ "The Official Charts Company - The Psychomodo by Cockney Rebel Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.

Warwick, Neil (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.

External links

The Psychomodo at Rate Your Music

v t e Steve Harley/Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Steve Harley Stuart Elliott Lincoln Anderson John Crocker Paul Jeffreys Nick Jones Pete Newnham Milton Reame-James Jim Cregan George Ford Duncan Mackay Jo Partridge

Studio albums (Cockney Rebel)	The Human Menagerie (1973) The Psychomodo (1974)

Studio albums (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)	The Best Years of Our Lives (1975) Timeless Flight (1976) Love's a Prima Donna (1976) The Quality of Mercy (2005)

Studio albums (Steve Harley)	Hobo with a Grin (1978) The Candidate (1979) Yes You Can (1992) Poetic Justice (1996) Stranger Comes to Town (2010)

Live albums	Face to Face: A Live Recording (1977) Acoustic and Pure: Live (2002) Anytime! (A Live Set) (as The Steve Harley Band, 2004) Birmingham (Live with Orchestra & Choir) (2013)

Compilations	The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1979) The Best of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (re-issue) (1981) The Collection (1983) Greatest Hits (1987) Mr Soft (1988) Live at the BBC (1995) More Than Somewhat – The Very Best of Steve Harley (1998) The Cream of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2006) The Cockney Rebel - A Steve Harley Anthology (2006)

Singles (Cockney Rebel)	"Psychomodo" "Tumbling Down" "Sebastian" (EMI 2051, 1973)

Singles (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)	"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" "Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)" "Black or White" "White, White Dove" "Here Comes the Sun" "(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna" "(Love) Compared with You" "I Can't Even Touch You" "Irresistible" "The Last Goodbye"

Singles (Steve Harley)	"Big Big Deal" "Roll the Dice" "Someone's Coming" "Freedom's Prisoner" "Ballerina (Prima Donna)" "Heartbeat Like Thunder" "Irresistible" "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Sarah Brightman) "Star for a Week (Dino)" "A Friend for Life"

Related articles	Discography The Alan Parsons Project

v t e Alan Parsons

Studio Albums	Freudiana (1990; with Eric Woolfson) Try Anything Once (1993) On Air (1996) The Time Machine (1999) A Valid Path (2004)

Live Albums	Alan Parsons Live (1995) Eye 2 Eye: Live in Madrid (2010)

As Producer	From the Album of the Same Name (1974) The Psychomodo (1974) The Best Years of Our Lives (1975) Second Flight (1975) Modern Times (1975) Year of the Cat (1976) Somewhere I've Never Traveled (1976) Rebel (1976) Time Passages (1978) A Crazy Steal (1978) Lenny Zakatek (1979) More Miles Per Hour (1979) Sympathy (1980) Keats (1984) Ladyhawke (1985)

Related articles	The Alan Parsons Project

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