- rock, jazz
- 36 min
- 13 tracks
- Virgin
Desperate Straights is a collaborative studio album by British avant-rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow. It was recorded at Virgin Records' Manor Studio and Nova Sound Studios in November 1974, and released in February 1975. It was Slapp Happy's second album for Virgin, and they had invited Henry Cow to record with them.
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- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1Some Questions About Hats1:51
- A2The Owl2:14
- A3A Worm Is at Work1:53
- A4Bad Alchemy3:07
- A5Europa2:49
- A6Desperate Straights4:14
- A7Riding Tigers1:43
- B1Apes in Capes2:14
- B2Strayed1:54
- B3Giants1:57
- B4Excerpt From the Messiah1:49
- B5In the Sickbay2:08
- B6Caucasian Lullaby8:17
13 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Slapp Happy, Henry Cow
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- February 21, 1975
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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