Songs
edit† | Indicates song not written or co-written by Tim Smith |
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‡ | Indicates live recording |
Song | Artist | Writer(s) | Album | Year | Ref. | |
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Music | Words | |||||
"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith Michael Pugh[c] |
None[d] | 1979 | [4] | |
"A Cake for Bertie's Party" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith Jim Smith Colvin Mayers |
None[e] | 1979 | [4] | |
"Food on the Wall" | Cardiac Arrest | Colvin Mayers ‡ | None[f] | 1979 | [4] | |
"The Obvious Identity" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Visiting Hours"[g] | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoilt It"[h] | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra |
The Obvious Identity | 1980 | |
"To Go Off and Things"[i] | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | Mark Cawthra | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | |
"Rock Around the Clock" | Cardiac Arrest | Colvin Mayers Tim Smith[j] |
The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Leaf Scrapings" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith Cardiac Arrest |
The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"A Game for Bertie's Party" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra |
Tim Smith Mark Cawthra |
The Obvious Identity | 1980 | |
"Cameras" | Cardiac Arrest | Mark Cawthra arr. Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Bite 3/a" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Pilf" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Let Alone My Plastic Doll" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"A Balloon for Bertys Party" | Cardiac Arrest | Tim Smith | The Obvious Identity | 1980 | ||
"Aukamacic"[k] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Icky Qualms" | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Over + Over + Over + Over" | Cardiacs | Colvin Mayers Tim Smith |
Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Dead Mouse"[l] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"A Big Noise in a Toy World" | Cardiacs | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra |
Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Trade Mark"[m] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Scratching Crawling Scrawling" | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea" | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Is This the Life?"[n] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"Nurses Whispering Verses"[o] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"A Time for Rejoicing"[p] | Cardiacs | Tim Smith someone else |
Tim Smith Mark Cawthra Jim Smith |
Toy World | 1981 | |
"The Icing on the World"[q] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Rude Bootleg | 1986 | ||
"In a City Lining"[q] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Rude Bootleg | 1986 | ||
"Tarred and Feathered"[r] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith William D. Drake |
Rude Bootleg | 1986 | ||
"Big Ship"[r] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith | Rude Bootleg | 1986 | ||
"I'm Eating in Bed"[s] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith William D. Drake |
Rude Bootleg | 1986 | ||
"The Whole World Window"[q] ‡ | Cardiacs | Tim Smith William D. Drake |
Rude Bootleg | 1986 |
Notes
edit- ^ Smith is also credited as Philip Pilf on early Cardiac Arrest recordings.
- ^ Notes for songwriting credits:
- Toy World: all lyrics by Tim Smith, Mark Cawthra and Jim Smith[1]
- Sing to God: string quartet arrangements by Tim Smith; riffs and arrangements throughout by Jon Poole and Tim Smith
- Guns: riffs and arrangements by Jon Poole and Tim Smith; additional lyrics by Bob Leith
- ^ Michael Pugh was not credited as a writer of "A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" on the DVD Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed in 2017. Instead, he and Smith were credited as the writers of "A Cake for Bertie's Party".[2]
- ^ "A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" was originally released as a non-album single in 1979 and was included in The Special Garage Concerts live album in 2005.[3]
- ^ "A Cake for Bertie's Party" was originally released as a B-side to "A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" in 1979 and was included in The Special Garage Concerts live album in 2005.[3]
- ^ "Food on the Wall" was originally released as a B-side to "A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" in 1979 and was included in The Special Garage Concerts live album in 2005.[3]
- ^ "Visiting"
- ^ Garage Concerts "Spoiled"
- ^ Later released on The Seaside (1983)
- ^ Tim Smith was not credited as a writer of "Rock Around the Clock" on Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed.
- ^ Garage Concerts "Aukamakic"
- ^ "Keep Your Dead Mice With You"
- ^ "My Trade Mark"
- ^ Title question mark and subsequent releases
- ^ Subsequent releases and Bob Leith credit
- ^ Interpolation
- ^ a b c A studio recording was later released on A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (1988)[5]
- ^ a b Studio recording Big Ship, included on Songs for Ships and Irons
- ^ note for eating in bed
References
edit- ^ Toy World (sleeve notes). Cardiacs. Cherry Red Records. 1981 – via bak.spc.org.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Some Fairytales From the Rotten Shed (DVD). Cardiacs. UK: The Alphabet Business Concern. 2017.
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- ^ a b c Benac 2021, pp. 153–155.
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Sources
edit- Buckley, Peter (1999) [1996]. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
- Benac, Eric (27 August 2021). The Cardiacs: Every Album, Every Song. On Track. Sonicbond Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78952-131-3.
- Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7.