Glory Bumps
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Glory Bumps is the eleventh full-length album by the long-standing rock band Shriekback
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Shriekback
Shriekback are an English rock band, formed in 1981 in Kentish Town by Barry Andrews, formerly of XTC and League of Gentlemen , and Dave Allen, formerly of the Gang of Four , with Carl Marsh, formerly of Out On Blue Six soon added to the line-up. They were joined by Martyn Barker on drums in 1983...
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Track listing
- Hooray For Everything - 4:46
- The Bride Stripped Bare - 4:06
- Burying the Bunny - 3:40
- Bittersweet - 4:09
- Amaryllis in the Sprawl - 5:07
- Mahalia - 3:57
- Glory Bumps - 5:43
- Squanderer - 3:54
- Devil's Onions - 6:21
- Yarg 7 - 2:43
Personnel
- Barry AndrewsBarry Andrews (musician)Barry Andrews is a vocalist and keyboardist. He is a former member of the bands XTC and League of Gentlemen with Robert Fripp, and was co-founder of Shriekback. He has collaborated with Brian Eno on several projects, most recently guesting on keyboards for the 2005 album Another Day On Earth...
- keyboards/synthesizers/vocals - Douglas AlexanderDouglas AlexanderDouglas Garven Alexander is a British Labour Party politician, who is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the shadow cabinet of Ed Miliband. He has held cabinet posts under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, including Secretary of State for Scotland and...
- additional bass - Finn Andrews - backing vocals on 'Glory Bumps'
- Martyn BarkerMartyn BarkerMartyn Barker is an English drummer, best known as the drummer for Shriekback. He has also been a member of King Swamp, and worked with Paula Rae Gibson, Billy Bragg and Beth Gibbons, Rustin Man and Juldah Camara & Justin Adams....
- drums and hang - Mark Gowland - harmonica
- MonstranceMonstranceA monstrance is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Created in the medieval period for the public display of relics, the monstrance today is...
- loops - Andy PartridgeAndy PartridgeAndrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...
- guitars - Wendy Partridge - backing vocals
- Charlie RoweCharlie RoweCharlie Rowe is an English child actor, best known for his roles as Young Tommy in Never Let Me Go and as Peter in the upcoming SyFy/Sky Movies Peter Pan prequel Neverland. He also starred as The Prince in The Nutcracker in 3D alongside Elle Fanning and as Billy Costa in The Golden Compass in 2007...
- additional drums - Stuart Rowe - guitars
- Catherine Shrubshall - saxophones and clarinets
- Ben Smith - trombone
- Finn Wilkinson and Mia O'Sullivan - children's choir on 'Hooray For Everything'