The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth studio album by Country Teasers.
The Empire Strikes Back | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Recorded | October 17, 2005 – November 3, 2005 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | In the Red Records | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Reception
editFrieze magazine described the album as "Full of moral outrage, scything black humour and joyful Garage-Punk invention, it is also a provocative assault on the hypocritical uses and abuses of language."[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks written by Ben Wallers except where noted.
Side one
edit- "Spiderman in the Flesh" (Wallers/Roger Waters) – 4:09
- "Points of View" – 5:06
- "Hitlers & Churchills" – 3:09
- "Mos E17ley" – 4:43
- "The Ship" – 4:15
- "Raglan Top of Lonsdale Grey" – 5:26
Side two
edit- "Good Looking Boys or Women" – 3:23
- "Your English" – 3:56
- "Panic Holiday" – 3:42
- "White Patches" – 7:16
- "Please Ban Music / Gegen Alles" – 5:02
Personnel
edit- Leighton Crook – drums, bass (11)
- Alastair Mackinven – guitar, percussion (9)
- Robert McNeill – keyboard, guitar "Oscillations" (4)
- Sophie Politowicz – bass guitar, drums (11)
- Ben Wallers – vocals, guitar; creaking on the "Ship, Oscillations" (9)
References
edit- ^ Deming, Mark. "The Empire Strikes Back – Country Teasers". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Nathaniel Mellors (September 2006). "The Empire Strikes Back". Frieze. Retrieved 13 February 2014.