Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture is the debut album by the band Go-Kart Mozart. It was released in 1999 on West Midlands Records, a subsidiary of Cherry Red. It was former Felt and Denim frontman Lawrence's first album under the alias Go Kart Mozart. Its cover features a shot of Birmingham's Bull Ring Centre as built in 1964, shortly before it was redeveloped.
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| Released | 20 December 1999[1] | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, novelty rock, glam rock | |||
| Length | 30:31 | |||
| Label | West Midlands Records | |||
| Producer | Brian O'Shaughnessy, Brian Pugsley | |||
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The track "Today" is an instrumental cover of the song "Windy", renamed in homage to the Today show hosted by Bill Grundy, which had used it as its theme tune.[citation needed]
Elefant Records released a version in Spain with an exclusive song, "Elephant Trunk," between "Today" and "Wear Your Foghat with Pride."[4]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Lawrence, except where noted.
- "Mandrax for Minx Cats"
- "We're Selfish and Lazy and Greedy"
- "Here Is a Song"
- "Sailor Boy"
- "City Synthesis"
- "Drinkin' Um Bongo"
- "Mrs. Back-to-Front and the Bull Ring Thing"
- "Hip Op"
- "Plead With the Man"
- "Wendy James"
- "Plug-In City"
- "Depleted Soul"
- "She Tore It Up and Walked Away"
- "Today" (Ruthann Friedman)
- "Wear Your Foghat with Pride"
- "Fluff on the Mallow"
References
edit- ↑ "Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture by Go-Kart Mozart - RYM/Sonemic" – via rateyourmusic.com.
- ↑ Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture at AllMusic
- ↑ "Instant Wigwam And Igloo Mixture". 12 September 2005.
- ↑ "Go-Kart Mozart: Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture". Elefant Records. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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