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the Delgados The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums). Biography The band was for ...

' debut

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. It was released on their own label,

Chemikal Underground Chemikal Underground is an independent record label set up in 1994 at Glasgow, Scotland by rock band The Delgados. It was set up to release their first single, "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" and went on to break many new Scottish bands in ...

, on 28 October 1996. The title (literally "servants" in French) is a reference to the support team for the team leader in

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Track listing

All songs by The Delgados #"Under Canvas Under Wraps" – 2:40 #"Leaning on a Cane" – 2:56 #"Strathcona Slung" – 3:29 #"Tempered; Not Tamed" – 3:48 #"One More Question" – :55 #"Big Business in Europe" – 2:36 #"Falling and Landing" – 3:22 #"Akumulator" – 3:20 #"Sucrose" – 3:23 #"Pinky" – 3:44 #"Friendly Conventions" – 2:06 #"Smaller Mammals" – 1:43 #"4th Channel" – 2:32 #"D'Estus Morte" – 2:52

Personnel

*Alun Woodward –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Emma Pollock Emma Pollock (born 20 December 1972) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands the Delgados and the Burns Unit. She is also one of the founders of The Fruit Tree Foundation project and a regular contributor t ...

– vocals, guitar *Stewart Henderson –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Paul Savage –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s *Alan Barr – string arrangements *The Delgados – producer, engineer, string arrangements *Van Impe – artwork, art direction

References

{{Authority control The Delgados albums 1996 albums Chemikal Underground albums