Deep & Meaningless
Deep & Meaningless | ||||
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Released | 10 June 1978 | |||
Genre | Indie folk | |||
Length | 35:25 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Wild Willy Barrett | |||
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Deep & Meaningless is the second album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. It was released in 1978.[2] The album included the song "Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeah)", which was voted Britain's seventh most popular song lyric in a 1999 BBC online poll.[3] The song's strong showing—ahead of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"—was the result of what Otway's website described as a "well orchestrated campaign" by fans.[4]
Allmusic rates the album as a "triumph" and gives it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.[1]
Track listing[]
All songs written by John Otway except where noted
Side one[]
- "Place Farm Way" - 3:31
- "To Anne" - 3:27
- "Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeah)" - 2:30
- "The Alamo" (Jane Bowers) - 3:16
- "Oh My Body Is Making Me" - 4:09
Side two[]
- 1. "Josephine" (Otway, Warren Harry) - 7:02
- 2. "Schnot" - 2:44
- 3. (a) "Riders In The Sky" (Stan Jones)
- (b) "Running From the Law"
- (c) "Riders In The Sky" - 3:03
- 4. "I Wouldn't Wish It On You" - 3:11
- 5. "Can't Complain" - 2:32
Personnel[]
- John Otway - Lead Vocals, Guitar,
- Wild Willy Barrett - Guitar, Violin
- Nigel Pegrum - Drums
- Maggie Ryder - Backing Vocals
- Mark Freeman - Drums
- Dave Holmes - Drums
- Yvonne Grech - Backing Vocals
- Simon Hanson
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Thompson, Dave. John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett: Deep & Meaningless > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ BBC Music profile
- ^ Paul McCann, "John Otway 'a better lyricist than Dylan'", The Independent, 9 October 1999.
- ^ John Otway website
Categories:
- 1978 albums
- John Otway albums
- Polydor Records albums