Oui Avant-garde á Chance is the seventh full-length album

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band, Skyclad. It contains 8 original tracks, 2 remixes and 2 covers: "Come On Eileen" (originally by

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) and "Master Race" (originally by New Model Army). As on the previous album, the group remained a quartet, with Steve Ramsey overdubbing all guitars, and with the hiring of Paul Smith and Paul A.T. Kinson as session drummers. Moreover, Les Smith has been involved as an accordion player in three songs.

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, Frau Schmitt and Bodenski from the German folk metal group

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have a guest appearance on the track "Come On Eileen". For the first time in band history, Kevin Ridley contributed vocals for a Skyclad record, before taking over lead vocal duties in 2001. He sings the second voice in "If I Die Laughing, It'll Be an Act of God". The apparently nonsensical French album title is a

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of the English phrase 'We haven't got a chance'.

Track listing

#"If I Die Laughing, It'll Be an Act of God" – 3:48 #"Great Blow for a Day Job" – 4:19 #"Constance Eternal" – 5:52 #"Postcard from Planet Earth" – 5:10 #"Jumping My Shadow" – 5:26 #"Bombjour!" – 4:02 #"History Lessens (The Final Examination)" – 4:20 #"A Badtime Story" – 5:35 #"

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" – 3:54 #"Master Race" – 4:06 #"Bombed Out (Instru-mental)" – 4:05 #"Penny Dreadful" (Full Shilling Mix) – 3:09 {{DEFAULTSORT:Oui Avant-Garde a Chance 1996 albums Skyclad (band) albums Massacre Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Ridley