''Sanity Stomp'' is a double studio album by British

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artist

Kevin Coyne Kevin Coyne (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The "anti-star" was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died in his adopted home of Nurember ...

which was released in 1980 by

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Background

Of this album Coyne himself said:

I was quite ill when I made that record, as a matter of fact; I was quite mad, basically. That's why it's called ''Sanity Stomp''.... That's a record I made when I was clinically ninety-five per cent nuts, and the themes are rather odd, but somehow it comes out as sounding all right.

Reception

Writing for

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, Dave Thompson said:

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Bursting Bubbles ''Bursting Bubbles'' is a studio album by the British rock musician Kevin Coyne, with Dagmar Krause, which was released in 1980. Colin Larkin in the 2011 edition of his ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music,'' gives the album three stars. The alb ...
'' saw Kevin Coyne pursue the joys of anti-production to its logical conclusion, ''Sanity Stomp'' -- his second new album in less than a year -- caught him furiously flinging himself back into the fray, at least in part.... few albums have been so aptly titled.

Disk 1

Track listing

# "Fat Man" # "The Monkey Man" # "How Strange" # "Somewhere In My Mind" # "When (See You Again?)" # "Taking On The World" # "No Romance" # "Too Dark (One for the Hero)" # "Admit You're Wrong" # "Formula Eyes"

Personnel

* Kevin Coyne – vocals * Paul Fox – guitar * John "Segs" Jennings – bass * Dave Ruffy – drums *

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– saxophone *

Paul Wickens Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon J ...

– keyboards (Fox, Jennings, Ruffy and Barnacle were all members of

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) * Producer: Paul Wickens * Engineer: David Hunt at

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Disk 2

Track listing

# "New Motorway" # "A Loving Hand" # "Fear of Breathing" # "In Silence" # "Taking On the Bowers" (

Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming para ...

) # "Wonderful Wilderness" (

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) # "My Wife Says" # "The World Speaks" (Brian Godding) # "You Can't Kill Us"

Personnel

* Kevin Coyne – guitar, keyboards, vocals *

– electric guitar and keyboards *

– drums, keyboards * Bob Ward – second guitar * Producer: Kevin Coyne * Engineer: Mike at Alvic Studios * Johnnie Rutter – front cover photography * Back cover artwork: Robert Coyne

References

1980 albums Kevin Coyne albums Virgin Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub