Sanity Stomp

Sanity Stomp
Studio album by Kevin Coyne
Released	1980
Recorded	Disk 1: Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London Disk 2: Alvic Studios, Wimbledon, London
Genre	Rock
Label	Virgin
Producer	Kevin Coyne and Paul Wickens
Kevin Coyne chronology
Bursting Bubbles (1980) Sanity Stomp (1980) The Dandelion Years (1981)

Sanity Stomp is a double studio album by British rock artist Kevin Coyne which was released in 1980 by Virgin Records.

Background[]

Of this album Coyne himself said:

I was quite ill when I made that record, as a matter of fact; I was quite mad, basically. That's why it's called Sanity Stomp. I had a nervous breakdown and, ironically, I don't want to say ironically...amazingly...I was able to carry on making records. That's a record I made when I was clinically ninety-five per cent nuts, and the themes are rather odd, but somehow it comes out as sounding all right. I'm amazed.^[1]

Reception[]

Writing for AllMusic, Dave Thompson said:

"If Bursting Bubbles saw Kevin Coyne pursue the joys of anti-production to its logical conclusion, Sanity Stomp -- his second new album in less than a year -- caught him furiously flinging himself back into the fray, at least in part. A phenomenally ambitious double album, Sanity Stomp kicks off with two sides recorded alongside labelmates the Ruts, truly the most potent of the latter-day punk crew, and a seething accompaniment to some of Coyne's most blistering latter-day compositions. With the songs apparently written over the course of a single weekend, these two sides have an energy and immediacy that Coyne would not return to until One Day in Chicago, two decades later. Shift onto sides three and four, however, and the mood changes beyond recognition. Again, immediacy is the word, but the improvisation this time comes courtesy of Robert Wyatt, Brian Godding and co., busking artily to a series of Coyne lyrics and recitals, without any real regard for structure or song. Again, Coyne would return to similar pastures later in life, most notably his Opera for Syd' tribute to Syd Barrett. But there, at least, familiarity was bred in the tunes he was performing over. Here, there are few recognizable landmarks to cling to and, coming out of the fire storm of the album's first half, few albums have been so aptly titled.^[2]

Disk 1[]

Track listing[]

1. "Fat Man"
2. "The Monkey Man"
3. "How Strange"
4. "Somewhere In My Mind"
5. "When (See You Again?)"

1. "Taking On The World"
2. "No Romance"
3. "Too Dark (One for the Hero)"
4. "Admit You're Wrong"
5. "Formula Eyes"

Personnel[]

• Kevin Coyne – vocals
• Paul Fox – guitar
• John "Segs" Jennings – bass
• Dave Ruffy – drums
• Gary Barnacle – saxophone
• Paul Wickens – keyboards

(Fox, Jennings, Ruffy and Barnacle were all members of The Ruts)

• Producer: Paul Wickens
• Engineer: David Hunt at Berry Street Studio

Disk 2[]

Track listing[]

1. "New Motorway"
2. "A Loving Hand"
3. "Fear of Breathing"
4. "In Silence"
5. "Taking On The Bowers" (Robert Wyatt)

1. "Wonderful Wilderness" (Brian Godding)
2. "My Wife Says"
3. "The World Speaks" (Brian Godding)
4. "You Can't Kill Us"

Personnel[]

• Kevin Coyne – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Brian Godding – electric guitar and keyboards
• Robert Wyatt – drums, keyboards
• Bob Ward – second guitar
• Producer: Kevin Coyne
• Engineer: Mike at Alvic Studios
• Johnnie Rutter – front cover photography
• Back cover artwork: Robert Coyne

References[]

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