''Doot-Doot'' is the debut studio album by Welsh new wave and synth-pop band

Freur Freur was a Welsh new wave and synth-pop band featuring Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, who went on to form the electronic band Underworld. It was their second band, following their art school collaboration, the Screen Gemz. Their best known song ...

, released in 1983 by

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.. Cherry Red Records. The

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version of the album included four extra tracks. The lead single, "Doot-Doot", peaked at No. 59 on the

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and No. 17 in

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. The song "Doot-Doot" has appeared in several films, to include Let Me In (2010) and Vanilla Sky (2001).

CD release

The album was unavailable on CD until the 1993 reissue by

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in the

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. The album has since been reissued twice in the

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, in 2000 by Columbia Records and subsequently in 2009 by Cherry Red Records as '' Get Us out of Here/Doot-Doot'' – which includes both Freur albums on one CD.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by

Karl Hyde Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic group Underworld. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums with Brian Eno and Matthew Herbert, and contributed towards the sco ...

, Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas.

CBS Records LP: CBS 25522-1

CBS Records Cassette: CBS 40-25522

1993 – Oglio Records CD: OGL 81566-2

2000 – Columbia Records CD: 498247 2

2009 – Cherry Red Records CD: CDM RED 419^*

^* Tracks 1–10 taken from the album '' Get Us out of Here'' (1986).

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''Doot-Doot'' liner notes. Additional musicians *

Andy Sheppard Andy Sheppard (born 20 January 1957) is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, ...

– soprano saxophone and

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on "Runaway" *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

–

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and

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on "Theme from the Film of the Same Name" Production and artwork * Freur and John Hudson – producer * Freur and Alex Burak – producer "Doot-Doot" * Freur – producer "Hold Me Mother" * John Hudson –

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* Pat Stapley and John Hudson – engineer "Runaway" * John Hudson and John Etchells – engineer "Tender Surrender" and "Steam Machine" * Simon Smart and John Hudson – engineer "Matters of the Heart" * John Hudson and Rob Parr – engineer "Hold Me Mother" * Pete Suthers – electronic research development * Recorded at Point Studios, Ridge Farm, Jam, Abbey Road and Mayfair * Mixed at Mayfair * Brian Griffin – front cover/inner sleeve photographs * Simon Fowler – group photograph

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1983 debut albums CBS Records albums Freur albums