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

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band, Skyclad. It contains 8 original tracks, 2

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es and 2 covers: "Come On Eileen" (originally by

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) and "Master Race" (originally by

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). 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

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player in three songs. Eric Fish, 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

Personnel

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–

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* Steve Ramsey –

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and

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s *Graeme English –

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* Georgina Biddle – violin, fiddle, keyboards ;Additional musicians *Paul Smith – drums (tracks 3, 6-8, 10-12) *Paul Atkinson – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9) *Les Smith - accordion (tracks 2, 9, 12) *Eric Hecht - bagpipes and penny whistle (track 2), backing vocals (track 9) *Frau Schmitt - additional violin (track 9) *Bodenski - backing vocals (track 9)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oui Avant-Garde a Chance 1996 albums Skyclad (band) albums Massacre Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Ridley