Oedipus Schmoedipus
(Mute Corporation Mute 9019-2) 1996 (55:57)
Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis
(5:40)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (4:33)
The Vibe Ain't Nothin' But The Vibes (4:48)
It's Business As Usual (4:29)
Miles (5:31)
Dirty Barry (7:30)
In A Moment Of Clarity (4:14)
Achieved In The Valley Of The Dolls (4:28)
Vermillion Kisses (3:03)
The Big Bamboozle (3:38)
State Of Contraction (1:38)
The Sweetest Embrace (4:50)
Set The Controls Again (1:34)
liner notes:
Oedipus Schmoedipus is written, arranged, performed and produced by Barry Adamson at GT Eden, Wessex and Worldwide recording studios London, England. Original sound recordings by Kevin Petrie. Additional sound recordings by PK. Mixed by PK. Published by Mute Song except: Set the Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis written by Adamson / Cocker, published by Mute Song / Island Music Ltd.; Something Wicked This Way Comes written by Adamson / Middlesbrooke / Shapiro / Datin / Vidalin / Blackwell / Del-Naja / Marshall / Vowels / Thaws, mixed by Kevin Petrie assisted by John Pendleton, published by Mute Song / BMG Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing / Island Music Ltd.; It's Business As Usual written by Adamson / Bozlavich / Napier, mixed by Kevin Petrie with Sonic Interventions by PK, published by Mute Song / Copyright Control; Miles written by Miles Davis / William Laswell / Sly Dunbar / Robert Shakespeare, mixed by Kevin Petrie assisted by John Pendleton, published by More Cut Music / Jazz Horn Music, adm. by Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp / Songs of Polygram International / Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp. (BMI); Achieved In The Valley Of Dolls, written by Adamson / McKenzie and co-produced by Ivor Wimborne and Barry Adamson, additional programming by Ivor Wimborne, published by Mute Song / Copyright Control; The Sweetest Embrace written by Adamson / Cave. *All Mute Song compositions are administered by Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co. in the US and Canada.
My Guests are...
Jarvis Cocker, vocals on Set The Controls
For The Heart Of The Pelvis, Billy McKenzie, vocals on Achieved
In The Valley Of Dolls, Nick Cave, vocals on The Sweetest Embrace,
Carla Bozlavich and John Napier, voice overs on It's Business As Usual,
Miranda Gooch, storyteller on Vermillion Kisses, Atticus Ross, additional
programming, sounds and cool collaboration on tracks one to six. (Thank
You). Seamus Beaghen, piano on The Vibes Ain't Nothin' But The Vibes
and Miles, Hammond organ on Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ileana
Ruhemann, alto flute on In A Moment Of Clarity and the The Big
Bamboozle, Pete Wyman, saxophones on In A Moment Of Clarity
and Miles, clarinet on Something Wicked This Way Comes, Mark
De Lane Lea, guitar on Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis,
Ken Low, additional guitar on Achieved In The Valley Of Dolls, Ivor
Wimborne, additional programming on Dirty Barry (thanks also to
Kevin Petrie for additional sounds on the same piece), Beverly Skeet, Chantel
Mapp, Roy Hamilton and Zeitia Massiah, background vocals on Set The
Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis, Billy McGee, string arrangement
collaboration in association with Audrey Riley on Set The Controls For
The Heart Of The Pelvis and Something Wicked This Way Comes,
Richard Hand, classical guitar on The Sweetest Embrace.
Cut by Kevin Metcalfe at The Townhouse Management: Arc, 63 Bleinham Terrace, London NW8. Sleeve concept by Barry Adamson and Simon Henwood, layout by Luella Wright and Slim Smith. Cover photograph - still from Philippe Garrel's 'Le Revelateur' used by permission. Photography by Steve Gullick. Jarvis Cocker appears courtesy of Island Records Ltd. Sample of Vertigo taken from The Vertigo Suite courtesy of Famous Music Corporation. Sample of O' Les Temps des Souvenirs by Francois Hardy courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd. on behalf of Disques Vogue. Sample of Blue Lines by Massive Attack used by courtesy of Virgin Records.
note:
"The Big Bamboozle" is also available on
"The Big Bamboozle"