
A Can Of Bees is a Rock album by The Soft Boys, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- jangly
- whimsical
- psychedelic
About
The Soft Boys eventually gave birth to Katrina & The Waves and the solo career of Robyn Hitchcock. In their own time, they were an underground phenomenon whose legacy influenced the ‘80s college-radio sound. Their 1979 debut album,<i>A Can of Bees</i>, has guitars that are snarling and Hitchcock-ready with a voice that can phrase a lyric. “Give It to the Soft Boys” states “Feel like asking a tree for an autograph / And I feel like making love to a photograph” with a true sense of purpose. “Human Music” features chiming guitars that sound nicked from the Beatles’ <i>Revolver</i>, with a reflective tone that sounds like the Byrds and Syd Barrett making musical love. “Leppo and the Jooves,” “Do The Chisel” and “Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out” are infectious neo-psychedelic numbers that position Hitchcock as a mad scientist breaking test tubes in the lab. The version of John Lennon’s “Cold Turkey” is strong and deliberate. This 2010 reissue includes a John Cale-like cover of “Heartbreak Hotel,” along with fantastic bonus cuts such as “Blues In the Dark” and “When I Was a Kid.”
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Tracklist
- 1Give It to the Soft Boys2:00
- 2The Pigworker4:32
- 3Human Music4:30
- 4Leppo and the Jooves5:27
- 5The Rat's Prayer3:21
- 6Do the Chisel3:05
- 7Sandra's Having Her Brain Out4:09
- 8Return of the Sacred Crab2:57
- 9Cold Turkey4:20
- 10School Dinner Blues2:23
- 11Wading Through a Ventilator (Live)3:58
- 12Let Me Put It Next to You (Bonus Track)2:03
- 13Blues In the Dark (Bonus Track)4:11
- 14When I Was a Kid (Bonus Track)5:07
- 15Love Poisoning (Bonus Track)4:37
- 16The Asking Tree (Bonus Track)5:13
- 17Muriel's Hoof / Root of the Clones (Bonus Track)4:10
- 18Have a Heart Betty (Mark 1) [Bonus Track]2:42
- 19Rock 'n' Roll Toilet (Mark 1) [Bonus Track]3:16
- 20Heartbreak Hotel (Bonus Track)4:42
Credits
Performers
- Andy MetcalfeBASS VOCALS
- Morris WindsorDRUMS VOCALS
- Kimberley RewGUITAR VOCALS
- Robyn HitchcockGUITAR VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Jim MeltonPERCUSSION VOCALS HARMONICA
- Gerry HaleVIOLIN
- Matthew SeligmanBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 10 pressings tracked on Gatefold
