''Queen Elvis'' is the seventh studio album by English musician

Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...

, released on

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in 1989. It is his fourth studio album to be released with his band The Egyptians. Having signed to A&M in 1988, this second set for the label was unreleased in Hitchcock's home country the UK. The album's cover depicts Hitchcock in a

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, illuminated from the inside. Tracks 11 and 12 below are remixes of 2 album tracks ("Veins of the Queen" and "Freeze"), and were included on the original A&M US CD release. The track "Queen Elvis" appears on his next album, '' Eye'', with a second version "Queen Elvis II" available as a bonus track.

Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock. # "Madonna of the Wasps" – 3:05 # "The Devils Coachman" – 2:33 # "Wax Doll" – 4:12 # "Knife" – 3:24 # "Swirling" – 3:38 # "One Long Pair of Eyes" – 4:57 # "Veins of the Queen" – 3:24 # "Freeze" – 4:46 # "Autumn Sea" – 4:23 # "Superman" – 3:48 # "Veins of the Queen" (Royal mix) – 4:00 # "Freeze" (Shatter mix) – 4:16

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References

Robyn Hitchcock albums 1989 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Robyn Hitchcock {{1980s-rock-album-stub