The Domino Club
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| Studio album by The Men They Couldn't Hang | ||||
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Publication |
1990 |
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| Label (s) | Silvertone | |||
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Format (s) |
LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
43:42 |
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Pat Collier |
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Studio (s) |
Battery Studios & Greenhouse Studios |
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The Domino Club is a music album by British folk punk band The Men They Couldn't Hang , released in 1990.
history
Great Expectations , Kingdom of the Blind and The Lion and the Unicorn were released as singles, but none of them could be placed in the British Top 100. The album reached number 53 on the UK album charts.
The Domino Club was the last regular studio album before the band split up, and remained so until their reunion in 1996 and Never Born To Follow released that year . It was also the second album on the Silvertone label and the second album with Nick Muir on piano, keyboards and accordion.
The album was produced by Pat Collier, former vibrators bassist , and the cover was designed by Sean Phillips, who was then working on the 2000 AD comic series . Philip "Swill" Odgers was a huge fan of the series and met with the series editor several times to get one of the artists to do a cover art. It was finally agreed on Sean Phillips, who already worked for Batman , WildC.ATs and Hellblazer .
The Men They Couldn't Hang opened up for David Bowie at the Milton Keynes Bowl concerts during his Sound and Vision tour, as Bowie's son was a huge fan of the band.
reception
| medium | Rating |
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| Allmusic |
 
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| Music Express |
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The Allmusic Guide rated the album three out of five stars, the Musikexpress four out of five.
Track list
| No. | title | Lead vocals | written by | length |
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| 1. | The Lion and the Unicorn | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:34 |
| 2. | Great Expectations | Cush, Odgers | Simmonds | 3:21 |
| 3. | The family way | Cush | Simmonds | 4:17 |
| 4th | Handy Man | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:23 |
| 5. | Kingdom of the Blind | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:32 |
| 6th | Grave-Robbing in Gig Harbor | Cush | Cush | 4:02 |
| 7th | Industrial Town | Cush | Thomas | 4:09 |
| 8th. | You're the one | Odgers | P. Odgers | 2:50 |
| 9. | Australia | Cush | P. Odgers | 3:21 |
| 10. | Dogs Eyes, Owl-Meat and Man-Chop | Cush | Cush | 3:28 |
| 11. | Billy Morgan | Odgers | Simmonds | 4:59 |
| 12. | On the razzle | Cush | Simmonds | 3:10 |
Republication
| No. | title | Lead vocals | written by | length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Lion and the Unicorn | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:34 |
| 2. | Great Expectations | Cush, Odgers | Simmonds | 3:21 |
| 3. | The family way | Cush | Simmonds | 4:17 |
| 4th | Handy Man | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:23 |
| 5. | Kingdom of the Blind | Odgers | Simmonds | 3:32 |
| 6th | Grave-Robbing in Gig Harbor | Cush | Cush | 4:02 |
| 7th | Industrial Town | Odgers | Thomas | 4:09 |
| 8th. | You're the one | Odgers | P. Odgers | 2:50 |
| 9. | Australia | Odgers | P. Odgers | 3:21 |
| 10. | Dogs Eyes, Owl-Meat and Man-Chop | Cush | Cush | 3:28 |
| 11. | Billy Morgan | Odgers | Simmonds | 4:59 |
| 12. | On the razzle | Cush | Simmonds | 3:10 |
| 13. | The Family Way (Demo) | Cush | Simmonds | 4:21 |
| 14th | Walking to Wigan Casino (Demo) | Cush | Simmonds | 4:09 |
| 15th | Great Expectations (Demo) | Cush, Odgers | Simmonds | 3:31 |
Sources and web links
- Biography of the band on the official website
- Booklet of the CD
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Domino Club in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ The Domino Club at Allmusic (English)
- ^ The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Domino Club , Musikexpress, October 2, 1990, paid subscription access