- post-punk, psychedelic rock, rock
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- Two Crabs Universal
A Can of Bees is the 1979 debut album by English rock band The Soft Boys. The album was reissued in 1984 with a different track listing on the second side. Both versions of side two appear on the CD reissue first put out by Two Crabs in 1990, subsequently reissued by Rykodisc in 1992, and Yep Roc in 2010.
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Character
Spare, cool, intimate and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
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- Allmusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Rock5/10
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Indiana Daily StudentB
- MusicHound Rock3/5
- The New Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Popmatters8/10
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Tracks
- A1Give It to The Soft Boys1:52
- A2The Pigworker4:29
- A3Human Music4:31
- A4Leppo and the Jooves5:24
- A5The Rat’s Prayer3:19
- B1Do the Chisel3:03
- B2Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out3:46
- B3Return of the Sacred Crab2:55
- B4Cold Turkey4:24
- B5School Dinner Blues (live)2:15
- B6Wading Through a Ventilator (live)3:47
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Soft Boys
- Label
- Two Crabs Universal
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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