Cunning Stunts is the sixth studio album by progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Caravan

Caravan (band)

Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. Caravan rose to success over a period of several years from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending...

, released in 1975. The title of the album is a spoonerism

Spoonerism

A spoonerism is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched . It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner , Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency...

 for 'Stunning Cunts', which is typical of their cheeky use of language. Two previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual plays on words are "If I Could Do It Again, I'd Do It All Over You" (their second album from 1970) and "Girls Who Grow Plump In the Night" (their fifth album from 1973).

Allmusic described it as "a solid, varied, and interesting album with plenty of character."

Side one

1. "The Show of Our Lives" (John Murphy, Dave Sinclair
   Dave Sinclair
   David Sinclair , is a keyboardist who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene...
   
   ) – 5:47
2. "Stuck in a Hole" (Pye Hastings) – 3:09
3. "Lover" (Mike Wedgwood) – 5:06
4. "No Backstage Pass" (Hastings) – 4:34
5. "Welcome the Day" (Wedgwood) – 4:01

Side two

1. "The Dabsong Conshirtoe" (Murphy, Sinclair) – 18:00
2. "Fear and Loathing in Tollington Park Rag" (Geoffrey Richardson) – 1:10

Bonus tracks

8. "Stuck in a Hole" (Hastings) – 3:10
9. "Keeping Back My Love" (Hastings) – 5:14
10. "For Richard" (Richard Coughlan
    Richard Coughlan
    Richard Coughlan is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of Caravan in 1968 and has remained with the band for its over 35-year existence...
    
    , Hastings, Sinclair, Richard Sinclair
    Richard Sinclair
    Richard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
    
    ) – 18:34

Personnel

• Pye Hastings
  Pye Hastings
  Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings is a British musician. He is the guitarist, vocalist and leader of the Canterbury scene band Caravan and brother of Jimmy Hastings.-References:...
  
   – electric guitar and acoustic guitar, vocals
• Richard Coughlan
  Richard Coughlan
  Richard Coughlan is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of Caravan in 1968 and has remained with the band for its over 35-year existence...
  
   – drum kit, drums
• Dave Sinclair
  Dave Sinclair
  David Sinclair , is a keyboardist who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene...
  
   – keyboards
• Mike Wedgwood
  Mike Wedgwood
  Mike Wedgwood is an English bassist and singer. He is related to the Wedgwood family of pottery fame.Wedgwood joined The Overlanders in 1968 following their biggest hit, a cover of The Beatles song, "Michelle", and remained with them until 1971.Following a stint with Arthur's Mother from 1971–72,...
  
   – bass guitar, congas, vocals
• Geoffery Richardson – viola, electric guitar, Western concert flute, flute, night-shift whistle

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Hastings
  Jimmy Hastings
  James Brian Gordon 'Jimmy' Hastings , is a British professional musician associated with the Canterbury scene....
  
  – Brass arranger, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
• David Hitchcock – producer