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1995 compilation album by Cardiacs
Sampler
Compilation album by Cardiacs
Released1995
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
Cardiacs chronology
All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
(1995)
Sampler
(1995)
Sing to God
(1996)
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Sampler is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs, released in 1995 by the Alphabet Business Concern.

The album was intended as a budget introduction to the band's music, and was released as part of the general 1995 reissue of the Cardiacs back catalogue. Each track is taken from a different album in the reissue series.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."Is This the Life" A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window5:36
2."Angleworm the Angel"Jon PooleThe Forthcoming Cardiacs Album Which Isn't Finished Yet & Hasn't Got a Title Either2:24
3."Burn Your House Brown" Songs for Ships and Irons2:37
4."Goodbye Grace" Heaven Born and Ever Bright3:36
5."Piffol Four Times" Archive Cardiacs2:34
6."Two Bites of Cherry" (live) All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest3:40
7."Tarred and Feathered" (live)Rude Bootleg2:57
8."Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" Songs for Ships and Irons2:43
9."Big Ship" (live) Cardiacs Live5:53
10."Veronica in Ecstacy" Tim Smiths Extra Special Oceanland World4:21
11."Christ Alive" The Sea Nymphs3:13
12."The Everso Closely Guarded Line"
  • Drake
  • Smith
On Land and in the Sea8:10
13."To Go Off and Things"The Seaside2:13

Notes

  • "Angleworm the Angel" was later released on Sing to God (1996) with the title "Angleworm Angel".

References

  1. Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1995" (with quotation marks).
  2. Larkin, Collin (1997) . "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7.
  3. Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
  4. Taylor, Steve (27 September 2006) . The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021.
  5. Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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