Monty Python Sings
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Monty Python Sings is a comedy album of songs written by the Monty Python
team.
The song "Oliver Cromwell" was never released prior to this album. It also contains a new recording "I've Got Two Legs," which had previously only been released as part of live recordings, and the previously rare single version of "The Lumberjack Song." The album also has the complete version of the "Medical Love Song" and "Henry Kissinger," which each had a verse cut out of its appearance on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
.
Tracks 3, 6, and 25 are studio re-recordings of songs originally featured in the series Monty Python's Flying Circus
. Tracks 3 and 25 were originally released on a 1975 single together (track 25 also appeared on Another Monty Python Record
), while track 6 previously appeared on Monty Python's Previous Record
.
Track 18 is from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
.
Tracks 1 and 15 are from the film Life of Brian.
Tracks 4, 7, 11, 17, 23, and 24 are from the film Meaning of Life.
Track 14 is from the LP Monty Python's Previous Record
.
Track 16 is from the LP Matching Tie and Handkerchief
.
Tracks 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, and 20 are from the LP Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
, as were alternate versions of 9 and 21 (track 21 was previously released on Monty Python's The Final Rip Off).
Tracks 5 and 22 were previously unreleased.
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
team.
The song "Oliver Cromwell" was never released prior to this album. It also contains a new recording "I've Got Two Legs," which had previously only been released as part of live recordings, and the previously rare single version of "The Lumberjack Song." The album also has the complete version of the "Medical Love Song" and "Henry Kissinger," which each had a verse cut out of its appearance on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album is an album released by Monty Python in 1980, a mixture of songs, new sketches and some rerecorded pre-Python work. As the title suggests, the album was put together to complete a contract with Charisma Records...
.
Track listing
- "Always Look on the Bright Side of LifeAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a popular song written by Eric Idle that was originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matches as well as funerals.-History:Whilst trying to come up...
" – 3:33 - "Sit on My FaceSit on My Face"Sit on My Face" is a short song by the members of the comedy troupe Monty Python which originally appeared on the album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album. It was later included in the album Monty Python Sings, and was sung in the Python concert filmed and released as Monty Python Live...
" – 0:45 - "Lumberjack SongThe Lumberjack Song"The Lumberjack Song" is a song by the Monty Python comedy troupe. The song was written by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Fred Tomlinson.It first appeared on the ninth episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The Ant: An Introduction" on BBC1 on 14 December 1969...
" – 3:20 - "Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)"The Penis Song" is a song originally from the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and released on the album Monty Python Sings.In the film, it is sung by Eric Idle at a piano, in the persona of a Noël Coward-style lounge singer....
" – 0:41 - "Oliver Cromwell" – 4:10
- "Money Song" – 0:52
- "Accountancy Shanty" – 1:16
- "Finland" – 2:01
- "Medical Love Song" – 3:31
- "I'm So Worried" – 2:57
- "Every Sperm Is SacredEvery Sperm Is Sacred"Every Sperm Is Sacred" is a musical sketch from the movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The song was released on the album Monty Python Sings and was nominated for a BAFTA Music Award for Best Original Song in a Film in 1983...
" – 4:34 - "Never Be Rude to an ArabNever Be Rude to an ArabNever Be Rude to an Arab is a satirical song by the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It appears as sung by Terry Jones in the theatrically released concert film Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl as well as on the album Monty Python Sings.The song dispenses advice about not resorting...
" – 1:00 - "I Like ChineseI Like Chinese"I Like Chinese" is a song written and performed by Eric Idle of Monty Python. It was originally on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album from 1980 and later included on the CD Monty Python Sings....
" – 3:10 - "Eric the Half-a-BeeEric the Half-a-Bee"Eric the Half-a-Bee" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It first appeared on the LP Monty Python's Previous Record but is also on Monty Python Sings and The Final Rip Off 2-CD set...
" – 2:06 - "Brian Song" – 2:35
- "Bruces' Philosophers Song (Bruces' Song)Bruces' Philosophers Song (Bruces' Song)Bruces' Philosophers Song was a popular Monty Python song written by Eric Idle, and was a feature of the group's stage appearances and its recordings. According to the sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, it was rendered by a number of Australian university lecturers...
" – 0:52 - "Meaning of Life" – 2:15
- "Knights of the Round TableKnights of the Round Table (Monty Python song)"Knights of the Round Table" is a song from the comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The song's lyrics were written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, with music by Neil Innes...
" – 1:06 - "All Things Dull and Ugly" – 1:33
- "Decomposing ComposersDecomposing ComposersDecomposing Composers is a song released on the album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album.It is sung by Michael Palin in what appears to be the persona of Luigi Vercotti, a seedy character who appeared in some sketches in the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, notably "Ethel the Frog"...
" – 2:48 - "Henry Kissinger" – 1:28
- "I've Got Two LegsI've Got Two Legs"I've Got Two Legs" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It most prominently appears in the concert film Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, the concert LP Monty Python Live at Drury Lane and the album Monty Python Sings....
" – 0:33 - "Christmas in Heaven" – 2:45
- "Galaxy SongGalaxy Song"The Galaxy Song" is a song written by Eric Idle which originally appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, later being released onto the album Monty Python Sings. The song appears toward the end of a sketch named Live Organ Transplants where the 'surgeon', upon failing to...
" – 2:41 - "Spam SongSpam (Monty Python)"Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are in a greasy spoon café trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes the processed meat product in almost every dish. The term spam is derived from this sketch...
" – 0:32
Tracks 3, 6, and 25 are studio re-recordings of songs originally featured in the series Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
. Tracks 3 and 25 were originally released on a 1975 single together (track 25 also appeared on Another Monty Python Record
Another Monty Python Record
Another Monty Python Record is the second album produced by the Monty Python comedy group, released in 1971. It was packaged as "Beethoven Symphony No. 2 In D Major", but defaced by the Pythons to serve as their own record jacket...
), while track 6 previously appeared on Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python's Previous Record was the third album by Monty Python, released in 1972. When packaged in 1994's The Instant Monty Python CD Collection the order of some of the sketches was changed...
.
Track 18 is from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1974 British comedy film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python , and directed by Gilliam and Jones...
.
Tracks 1 and 15 are from the film Life of Brian.
Tracks 4, 7, 11, 17, 23, and 24 are from the film Meaning of Life.
Track 14 is from the LP Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python's Previous Record
Monty Python's Previous Record was the third album by Monty Python, released in 1972. When packaged in 1994's The Instant Monty Python CD Collection the order of some of the sketches was changed...
.
Track 16 is from the LP Matching Tie and Handkerchief
The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
Free Record Given Away with the Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief, later shortened to simply The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief, is the fourth album by the comedy group Monty Python, released in 1973.-Cover and Packaging:...
.
Tracks 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 19, and 20 are from the LP Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album is an album released by Monty Python in 1980, a mixture of songs, new sketches and some rerecorded pre-Python work. As the title suggests, the album was put together to complete a contract with Charisma Records...
, as were alternate versions of 9 and 21 (track 21 was previously released on Monty Python's The Final Rip Off).
Tracks 5 and 22 were previously unreleased.
Personnel
- Graham ChapmanGraham ChapmanGraham Arthur Chapman was a British comedian, physician, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.-Early life and education:...
- John CleeseJohn CleeseJohn Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report...
- Terry GilliamTerry GilliamTerrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
- Eric IdleEric IdleEric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....
- Terry JonesTerry JonesTerence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team....
- Michael PalinMichael PalinMichael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
- Sonia Jones
- Fred Tomlinson
- John Du PrezJohn Du PrezJohn Du Prez is a musician, conductor, and composer. Du Prez was a member of the 1980s multi-hit Salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several Film scores including Oxford Blues and the final Carry On film, Carry On Columbus...
- Neil InnesNeil InnesNeil James Innes is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.-Personal life:...
- Dave Howman
- George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
- Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
- Andre Jacquemin
- John Gould
- John Altman
- Mike McNaught
- James Saunders
- Kath James