The 49 Americans
We Know Nonsense (CD)
FormatCDLabelSaidera RecordsGenreExperimental
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Max Eastley: acoustic guitar, percussion
Peter Cusack: acoustic guitar
Lol Coxhill: baritone sax, soprano sax, tenor sax
David Toop: bass, electric guitar, flute, percussion
Steve Beresford: bass, euphonium, piano
Else watts: drums
Andrew ‘Giblet’ Brenner: percussion, bass, backing vocal, tin whistle
Recorded April and June 1981.
Release notes
Recorded and mixed at Phoenix Studios, London, England. "We Know Nonsense" was originally released on Choo Choo Train Records (CHUG 4) in 1982. Dedicated to the memory of Else Watts. Recorded April and June 1981. Bonus tracks from earlier session at Steve Broughton's Studio, circa 1981, and featuring Nigel Coombes on violin, in addition to more regular line-up. Mastered at Saidera Mastering, Tokyo, Sep. 2002
| 1 | Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee | 3:06 | |
| 2 | It Is And It Is | 1:27 | |
| 3 | Edible | 2:58 | |
| 4 | Verbal Culture | 2:40 | |
| 5 | Liberty | 4:11 | |
| 6 | We Know Nonsense | 2:18 | |
| 7 | Tendency To Lie | 3:48 | |
| 8 | Glimpse Go By | 1:44 | |
| 9 | It's Time | 2:38 | |
| 10 | Mon Nuisance | 2:36 | |
| 11 | Taste | 2:22 | |
| 12 | Imagination | 3:26 | |
| 13 | Do | 1:13 | |
| 14 | I Be Later | 3:11 | |
| 15 | Move Around All Day | 3:00 | |
| 16 | Free Trade | 1:45 | |
| 17 | Mummy Was A Record Player | 1:55 | |
| Bonus Tracks | |||
| 18 | Mon Nuisance | 3:41 | |
| 19 | I Be Later | 3:26 | |
| 20 | Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee | 3:25 | |
- Max Eastley
- Acoustic Guitar (16, 17), Percussion (11, 17), Whistle [Penny Whistle] (9)
- Peter Cusack
- Acoustic Guitar (6, 9, 11, 16, 17), Electric Guitar (9), Vocals (11)
- David Toop
- Backing Vocals (6), Bass (3, 5), Bass Drum (14), Electric Guitar (1, 6 to 8, 10, 12, 15, 16), Flute (5, 17), Flute [Alto] (11), Glockenspiel (10), Guitar [Prepared] (8), Percussion (1, 5, 11, 17), Performer [Guitarret] (11), Producer (1 to 8, 10 to 12, 14 to 16)
- Eddie Saunders
- Backing Vocals (1, 4, 14, 15, 17), Guitar (2), Vocals (2, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Etta Saunders
- Backing Vocals (4, 5, 6, 8), Vocals (1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13)
- Giblet
- Backing Vocals (6, 9), Bass (1, 2, 12), Lyrics By, Vocals (3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13 to 17), Percussion (1, 5, 17), Producer (9, 13, 17), Whistle [Penny Whistle] (9)
- Jenny O'Connor
- Backing Vocals (1, 4, 6, 10, 15, 17), Vocals (13)
- Vanessa Strang
- Backing Vocals (1, 4, 6, 10, 15, 17), Vocals (13)
- Vivian Goldman
- Backing Vocals (14)
- Lol Coxhill
- Baritone Saxophone (15), Percussion (1), Soprano Saxophone (5, 10, 17), Tenor Saxophone (3, 14)
- Jim Wannal
- Bass (6, 9, 15 to 17)
- Steve Beresford
- Bass (7, 8, 10), Euphonium (5, 14), Flugelhorn (1), Melodica (12), Organ (4), Piano (1, 5), Producer (1 to 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14), Toy Piano (3)
- Kazuki Tomita
- Coordinator [Reissue]
- Else Watts
- Drums (1 to 4, 6 to 10, 12, 15, 16), Percussion (5)
- Hugh Portnow
- Engineer
- Margot Sangov
- Handclaps (10)
- Viv Albertine
- Handclaps (10)
- Andrew Brenner
- Liner Notes
- Seigen Ono
- Mastered By
- Nigel Coombes
- Violin (18 to 20)
