Sort Of is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Bremen, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Records released a limited edition of Sort Of on LP, and the album was reissued on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with one bonus track.
| Sort Of | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1972 | |||
| Studio | Wümme, Bremen, Germany | |||
| Genre | Avant-rock | |||
| Length | 41:42 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Uwe Nettelbeck | |||
| Slapp Happy chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Sort Of | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Track listing edit
All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just a Conversation" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Paradise Express" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "I Got Evil" | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Little Girl's World" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Tutankhamun" | 2:17 |
| 6. | "Mono Plane" | 6:50 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Blue Flower" | 5:10 |
| 8. | "I'm All Alone" | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Who's Gonna Help Me Now?" | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Small Hands of Stone" | 4:38 |
| 11. | "Sort Of" | 2:15 |
| 12. | "Heading for Kyoto" | 3:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Jumping Jonah" | 3:03 |
Personnel edit
- Peter Blegvad – guitar, saxophone, vocals
- Dagmar Krause (credited as "Daggi") – vocals, tambourine, piano, woodblock
- Anthony Moore – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Gunther Wüsthoff – saxophone on "Paradise Express" and "I'm All Alone"
- Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – drums
- Jean-Hervé Péron – bass guitar
- Engineered by Kurt Graupner
- Album design and cover by David Larcher
Notes edit
- Gunther, Zappi and Jean recorded through courtesy of Faust
CD releases edit
Sort Of was released on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with an extra track (from the B-side of their single "Just a Conversation"):[2][3]
- "Jumpin' Jonah'" (Moore/Blegvad) – the CD was mastered from a vinyl copy as the master tapes had been lost
The same master was also issued in Japan with an additional 3" CD single:
- "Alcohol" (Blegvad)
References edit
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Sort of...Slapp Happy". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Discography S". The Canterbury Music Website. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Slapp Happy: Review". Air Structures. Archived from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
External links edit
- Sort Of at Discogs (list of releases)
- Sort Of. at The Faust Pages
- Peter Blegvad Discography