Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God

Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God
Studio album by Transit Kings
Released	August 21, 2006
Genre	Electronica, trip hop, downtempo, drum and bass
Length	65:07
Label	Malicious Damage
Producer	Alex Paterson, Jimmy Cauty, Guy Pratt, Dom Beken

Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God is the debut album by the Transit Kings. It featured guest appearances from The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and comedian Simon Day.^[1] The Sun described the album as "quality" and "out of this world" and compared it to a mixture of DJ Shadow and Röyksopp;^[2] however, The Times called it "Orb-lite" and proclaimed it to be "Deep Forest-style sludge".^[3]

Though Jimmy Cauty left the Transit Kings before the release of Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God, he received a credit as composer on seven of the album's tracks.^[4]

Track listing

1. "The West End Of A Duck Going East" (6:12)
2. "Stop Over (Dance With Me)" (0:10)
3. "Concourse" (7:16)
   • Vocals - Juliet Russell
4. "Boom (Bombay)" (5:42)
   • Vocals - Missy MC
5. "Oh Shit" (4:02)
   • Strings" - Chi3
6. "Baby Don't" (5:17)
   • Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins
7. "Japanese Cars (Album Mix)" (4:56)
8. "Free Free" (8:08)
   • Strings - Chi3
   • Vocals - Jonathan Kydd, Juliet Russell, William Butler Yeats
9. "Blooze Tracks" (5:19)
10. "America Is Unavailable" (Album Mix) (5:21)
    • Guitar - Johnny Marr
11. "Wagon Wheels" (6:06)
    • Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins
12. "The Last Lighthouse Keeper" (6:38)
    • Vocals - Simon Day

Extra Tracks on the Japanese release:

1. "Butterflies" (4:31)
2. "America is Unavailable" [sss ding dong mix] (4:41)

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