Invisible Hitchcock is a studio album by Robyn Hitchcock.[3][4] A collection of leftovers and out-takes recorded from 1981 to 1985, Hitchcock's sleeve notes explain that the album was assembled because the songs "didn't fit in with what I was doing at the time and do fit in with each other now".
Invisible Hitchcock | |
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Compilation album by | |
Released | 1986 |
Recorded | 1981–1985 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 69:19 (CD version) |
Label | Glass Fish |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Trouser Press | Favorable[2] |
The US version of the LP (on Relativity) replaced "It's a Mystic Trip" with "Grooving on a Inner Plane". The CD versions of the album omit "Grooving on a Inner Plane" but include additional tracks.
Track listing
editAll songs written by Robyn Hitchcock
Side one
edit- "All I Wanna Do Is Fall in Love" – 3:46
- "Give Me a Spanner, Ralph" – 2:36
- "A Skull, a Suitcase, and a Long Red Bottle of Wine" – 4:58
- "My Favourite Buildings" – 3:12
- "It's a Mystic Trip" – 2:57 [UK LP] / "Grooving on a Inner Plane" (alternate version) – 4:10 [US LP]
- "The Pit of Souls" (country version) – 5:56
Side two
edit- "Trash" – 2:51
- "Mr. Deadly" – 4:13
- "Star of Hairs" – 3:15
- "I Got a Message For You" – 3:05
- "Vegetable Friend" – 2:12
- "Point It at Gran" – 2:02
- "Let There Be More Darkness" – 2:57
- "Blues in A" – 3:26
Glass Fish CD (1986) bonus tracks
edit- "Falling Leaves" – 4:25
- "Eaten by Her Own Dinner" – 4:28
- "Messages of Dark" – 3:51
- "The Abandoned Brain" – 2:53
Rhino CD (1995) bonus tracks
edit- "Falling Leaves" – 4:25
- "Eaten by Her Own Dinner" – 4:28
- "Messages of Dark" – 3:51
- "The Abandoned Brain" – 2:53
- "Listening to the Higsons" – 2:46
- "Dr. Sticky" – 3:33
References
edit- ^ "Invisible Hitchcock - Robyn Hitchcock | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Robyn Hitchcock". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ Palmer, Robert (14 December 1986). "Robyn Hitchcock: Pain Under the Wit" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (8 September 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.