Track Listing
1. Man Who Invented Himself
2. Brenda's Iron Sledge
3. Do Policemen Sing
4. Lizard
5. Meat
6. Acid Bird
7. I Watch The Cars
8. Out Of The Picture
9. City Of Shame
10. Love
11. All I Wanna Do Is fall In Love (bonus track)
12. Skull A Case And A Long Red Bottle Of Wine (bonus track)
13. It Was The Night (bonus track)
14. I Watch The Cars (part 2/bonus track)
15. Give Me A Spanner Ralph (bonus track)
16. It's A Mystic Trip (bonus track)
17. Grooving On A Inner Plane (bonus track)
18. Happy The Golden Prince (bonus track)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Shellshock/SRD | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
The reissue of BLACK SNAKE DIAMOND ROLE includes five songs not included on the original LP release.Personnel: Robyn Hitchcock (vocals, piano, bass, guitar); James A. Smith (vocals); Kimberly Rew, Knox (guitar); Gary Barnacle (saxophone); Thomas Dolby (keyboards); Matthew Seligman (bass); Morris Windsor (drums, background vocals); Vince Ely (drums); Robb Appleton, Howie Gilbert (background vocals).Producers: Pat Collier, Matthew Seligman, Robyn Hitchcock.Reissue producer: Jim Neill.Engineers: Pat Collier, Andy Llewellyn, Jo Julian.Originally released in the U.K. on Armageddon (4). Includes liner notes by Grant Alden.This is Robyn Hitchcock's first solo album, though it has strong sonic links with efforts by his previous group The Soft Boys, who had disbanded just prior to this recording. The Soft Boys' artistically triumphant UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT bore no commercial rewards (they were unable to even find a US label to pick it up) and the band split. All of the band members play on this album, though the overall sound is noticeably not that of The Soft Boys. There's a bit less raucous tumble in the arrangements and production. That said, this is a solid album full of numbers which have become Hitchcock classics, including "The Man Who Invented Himself," "Brenda's Iron Sledge," and "I Watch The Cars."
Editorial Reviews
...thoroughly Home Counties, Syd Barrett-inspired songs sporting reptile heads and porcupine quills...deserves a shrine within the tiny pantheon of excellent post-Sixties acid rock...
Melody Maker (07/08/1995)
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