''Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God'' is the debut album by the

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. It featured guest appearances from

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guitarist

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and comedian

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'' called it "Orb-lite" and proclaimed it to be "

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-style sludge". Though

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left the Transit Kings before the release of ''Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God'', he received a credit as composer on seven of the album's tracks.

Track listing

#"The West End Of A Duck Going East" (6:12) #"Stop Over (Dance With Me)" (0:10) #"Concourse" (7:16) #*Vocals - Juliet Russell #"Boom (Bombay)" (5:42) #*Vocals - Missy MC #"Oh Shit" (4:02) #*Strings" - Chi3 #"Baby Don't" (5:17) #*Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins #"Japanese Cars (Album Mix)" (4:56) #"Free Free" (8:08) #*Strings - Chi3 #*Vocals - Jonathan Kydd, Juliet Russell, William Butler Yeats #"Blooze Tracks" (5:19) #"America Is Unavailable" (Album Mix) (5:21) #*Guitar - Johnny Marr #"Wagon Wheels" (6:06) #*Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins #"The Last Lighthouse Keeper" (6:38) #*Vocals -

Extra Tracks on the Japanese release: #"Butterflies" (4:31) #"America is Unavailable" ss ding dong mix(4:41)

References

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