The Last of the Big Time Suspenders
| The Last of the Big Time Suspenders | ||||
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| Compilation album by SNFU | ||||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 31:22 | |||
| Label | Cargo Records | |||
| Producer | SNFU | |||
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The Last of the Big Time Suspenders is an album by the Canadian punk rock band SNFU. The album, a compilation of mostly unreleased studio and live tracks, was released in 1991, two years after SNFU's first breakup, to satisfy the band's unfulfilled two-album contract with Cargo Records.[1] The band reformed to tour behind the album, leading to an official reunion.[2]
Contents
Tracks 1–7 are live tracks taken from one of their final shows before disbanding, held at the Polish Hall in Edmonton in September 1989.[1] Two of these tracks ("Cannibal Cafe" and "I'm Real Scared") were initially released in studio recordings on their first album, ...And No One Else Wanted to Play (1985); "Gimme Some Water" was originally written and recorded by Eddie Money; a studio recording of "Beautiful, Unlike You and I" was later released as a single in 1993. The remaining three live tracks are unique to this recording.[2]
Track 8, "The Electric Chair", is a demo version of a song from the band's second album, If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish, recorded at Technical Difficulties Studio in Edmonton, in early 1986.[2]
Tracks 9 and 10 are taken from a studio recording session at Power Zone Studio in Edmonton, in late 1986. "She's Not on the Menu" is a re-arranged and re-recorded version of a song from ...And No One Else Wanted to Play that had previously been the A-side of "She's Not on the Menu", a self-released 7".[2]
Tracks 11–13 are outtakes from their third album, Better Than a Stick in the Eye, recorded at Profile Studios, Vancouver, in June 1988. "Wonder What They're Thinking" is a cover of a song originally by the Canadian punk band Personality Crisis.[2]
Track listing
All songs written by SNFU unless noted otherwise.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "The Kitchen Kreeps" | 3:20 | ||
| 2. | "Cannibal Cafe" | Ken Chinn, Marc Belke | 2:16 | |
| 3. | "Beautiful, Unlike You and I" | 3:54 | ||
| 4. | "Gimme Some Water" | Eddie Money | 3:46 | |
| 5. | "I Know More Than You" | 1:27 | ||
| 6. | "I'm Real Scared" | Brent Belke, M. Sinatra | 2:20 | |
| 7. | "I Used to Write Songs" | 4:13 | ||
| 8. | "The Electric Chair" | 2:38 | ||
| 9. | "Visiting the Bad Again" | 2:28 | ||
| 10. | "She's Not on the Menu (Dunce Mix)" | Chinn, M. Belke | 2:00 | |
| 11. | "Appraise the Lord" | 2:23 | ||
| 12. | "Wonder What They're Thinking" | Personality Crisis | 1:56 | |
| 13. | "Grunt, Groan, Rant and Rave!" | 2:43 |
Band members
- Mr. Chi Pig (Ken Chinn) – vocals
- Muc (Marc Belke) – guitar
- Brent (Brent Belke) – guitar
- Curt (Curtis Creager) – bass guitar (tracks 1–7, 11–13)
- Ted Simm – drums (track 1–7, 9–13)
- Dave Bacon – bass guitar (tracks 8–10)
- Jon Card – drums (track 8)
References
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