Flying Doesn't Help is a solo album by Anthony Moore

Anthony Moore

Anthony Moore is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, including Flying Doesn't Help and World Service .As a lyricist, Moore has collaborated with Pink Floyd on...

 (credited on the album sleeve as 'A. More'), released by Quango

Quango

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 in 1978. The album was remastered and re-released on CD by the Voiceprint label in 1994.

Track listing

1. "Judy Get Down" (2:58)
2. "Ready Ready" (3:09)
3. "Useless Moments" (2:48)
4. "Lucia" (4:38)
5. "Caught Being In Love" (4:57)
6. untitled track (CD only) (0:35)
7. "Timeless Strange" (3:44)
8. "Girl It's Your Time" (3:19)
9. "War" (4:23)
10. "Just Us" (4:14)
11. "Twilight, Uxbridge Rd." (2:22)

Musicians

• Vocals: Anthony Moore
• Drums: Bob Shilling, Chris Slade
  Chris Slade
  Chris Slade is a Welsh rock drummer.-Career:Slade has worked with Gary Numan, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John , and Uriah Heep. He was a member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 1972 to 1978...
  
  , Robert Vogel, Charles Heyworth
• Bass: Festus, Sam Harley, Matt Irving
  Matt Irving
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• Keyboards: Bernie Clark, Anthony Moore
• Guitars & electronics: Anthony Moore
• Sax and mouth harp: Laurie Latham
  Laurie Latham
  Laurie Latham is a British rock producer who worked with Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Young and others.He has produced albums by Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze and Slapp Happy.-Career:...
  
  
• Backing vocals: Anthony Moore, Laurie Latham, Edwin Cross

Produced by Anthony Moore and Laurie Latham

Engineered by Laurie Latham and Edwin Cross

Remastered for CD by Tony Arnold

Reviews

"Building dense sonic forests filled with jagged splinters and dry, incongruously delicate vocals, the results fall somewhere between Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

, John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

, David Bowie

David Bowie

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 and Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers

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. An extraordinary record that reveals itself a little further each time it's played." - Trouser Press

"While much of Moore's earlier work is pleasant, yet dispensable, Flying Doesn't Help falls into a different class altogether. Elaborate yet accessible, the effects of More's (now minus one "o") masterwork can be felt on a number of levels." - All Music

Variations

The album was released with at least three different colored covers—Red (as shown above), Purple and Yellow