''Stupidity'' is the ninth and final studio album by British 2 Tone and ska band

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, released on 17 June 2003.

Track listing

* All songs by Bad Manners unless noted. # "Fatman" (

Neil Hefti Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for ''The Odd Couple'' movie and TV series and for the '' Batman'' TV series. He began arranging professionally in hi ...

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Can't Take My Eyes off You "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for a week ...

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Bob Crewe Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Season ...

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Black Night "Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, ''Deep Purple in Rock''. It became a hit following its release, pe ...

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Ritchie Blackmore Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar ...

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Bob McFadden Robert McFadden (January 19, 1923 – January 7, 2000) was an American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor perhaps best known for his many contributions to animated cartoons. His most popular television cartoon characters included Mil ...

Rod McKuen Rodney Marvin McKuen (; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range ...

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The Wurzels The Wurzels are an English Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, England, best known for their number one hit " The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976. They are known for using British West Country phrases ...

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Hoots Mon "Hoots Mon" is a song written by Harry Robinson, and performed by Lord Rockingham's XI. It was a number-one hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the UK Singles Chart. It is based on the old Scottish folk song " A Hundred Pipers". It was also o ...

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Lord Rockingham's XI Lord Rockingham's XI was a group of British session musicians, led by Harry Robinson (1932–1996), who had a No. 1 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1958 with "Hoots Mon". The group was created to perform as the resident band on the pop TV pr ...

) # "Manners Knees-Up" (Copyright Control)

Personnel

Buster Bloodvessel Douglas Trendle (né Woods; born 6 September 1958), better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer who has been the frontman of the two-tone band Bad Manners since forming the band in 1976.Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encycloped ...

– Lead Vocals & Production *Louis Alphonso – Guitar, Additional Keyboards & Production *Alan Perry – Alto Saxophone & Backing Vocals *Lee Thompson – Bass *Rickesh Macwana – Keyboards *Trevor Irving – Trumpet *Warren Middleton – Trombone *Matt Godwin – Saxophone *Tony 'Treacle' Richardson – Saxophone *Tony Ardin – Saxophone *Carlton Hunt – Drums *Russel Wynn – Percussion *Simon Cuell – Guitar, Backing Vocals & Production *Chris Bull – Trumpet *Trevor Swift – Saxophone *John Gale – Saxophone *Dave Welton – Bass Trombone *Chris Welch – Trumpet *Alex Arudel – Trumpet *Carlton Hunt – Percussion *Mark Harrison – Drums *John Thompson – Bass *Steve Armstrong – Guitar *Phil Baptiste – Drums *Dave Turner – Harmonica *Anton O'Dochertaigh – Bagpipes *Peter Ker – Engineer & Production *Glover – Additional Production *Engineered by Mikey Miller *Recorded at 811 Studios, Cowfold, Sussex

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