Archaeology is a Rock album by The Rutles, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Rock & Roll
- jangly
- playful
- witty
About
Archaeology is the second album by the British parody band The Rutles, released in 1996. Like their previous, self-titled album, this one consists of pastiches of The Beatles' music, and is specifically intended as a parody of the band's The Beatles Anthology releases. Correspondingly, many of the songs have an "unfinished" feel to them. As the "fourth Rutle" Ollie Halsall had died in 1992, he only appears on two tracks that date to 1978 rehearsals. The remaining songs are mostly sung by Neil Innes, with two being sung by Ricky Fataar and two by John Halsey. This means that some .
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Tracklist
- 1Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon a Good Time Band2:19
- 2Rendezvous2:06
- 3Questionnaire2:45
- 4We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here)2:09
- 5Lonely-Phobia2:35
- 6Unfinished Words2:08
- 7Hey Mister!3:18
- 8Easy Listening2:09
- 9Now She's Left You2:03
- 10The Knicker Elastic King2:39
- 11I Love You2:18
- 12Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik4:24
- 13Joe Public4:03
- 14Shangri-La7:43
- 15Don't Know Why3:44
- 16Back In '643:14
Credits
Performers
- John AltmanARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR ORCHESTRATED BY
- Malcolm FosterBASS
- Bernie HollandGUITAR
- Doug BoyleGUITAR
- Mickey SimmondsKEYBOARDS VOCALS
- John HalseyVOCALS DRUMS
- Ollie HalsallVOCALS GUITAR
- Ricky FataarVOCALS GUITAR DRUMS
- Neil InnesVOCALS GUITAR KEYBOARDS
- Mark GriffithsBASS GUITAR VOCALS
- Ken ThorntonLEAD GUITAR
- J.J. JonesPERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold