Disposable (album)

Disposable
Studio album by
the Deviants
ReleasedOctober 1968
RecordedSeptember 1968
StudioMorgan, London
GenreGarage rock[1]
LabelStable[2]
ProducerMick Farren, Stephen Sparkes
The Deviants chronology
Ptooff!
(1967) 		Disposable
(1968) 		The Deviants 3
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Disposable is a 1968 album by the UK underground group the Deviants.[4][5][6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "goodnaturedly weird."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Somewhere to Go" (Mick Farren, Duncan Sanderson)
  2. "Sparrows and Wires" (Sid Bishop, Stephen Sparkes)
  3. "Jamie's Song" (Mick Farren, Russ Hunter)
  4. "You've Got to Hold On" (Mick Farren, Russ Hunter, Sid Bishop)
  5. "Fire in the City" (Mick Farren, Duncan Sanderson)
  6. "Let's Loot the Supermarket" (Mick Farren)
  7. "Pappa Oo Mao Mao" (Al Frazier, Carl White, Sonny Harris, Turner Wilson Jr.)
  8. "Slum Lord" (Mick Farren, Sid Bishop)
  9. "Blind Joe McTurk's Last Session" (Mick Farren)
  10. "Normality Jam" (Dennis Hughes, Duncan Sanderson, M.J. McDonnell, Russ Hunter)
  11. "Guaranteed to Bleed" (Duncan Sanderson, Tony Ferguson)
  12. "Sidney B. Goode" (Sid Bishop)
  13. "Last Man" (Mick Farren)

Personnel

  • Mick Farren – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7–9, 13), 12-string guitar (track 9), organ (track 13)
  • Sid Bishop – guitar (tracks 1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12), 12-string guitar (tracks 6, 13)
  • Duncan Sanderson – bass (tracks 1, 3–8, 10, 11), vocals (tracks 4, 5, 11), choir (track 7), harmony vocals (track 8)
  • Russell Hunter – drums (tracks 1, 3–8, 10, 11), hi-hat (track 2), vocals (tracks 4, 8), choir (track 7), effects (track 13)

with:

  • M.J. McDonnell – bass (tracks 1, 8, 10), harmonica (tracks 4, 6, 9), choir (track 7), harmony vocals, (track 8), effects (track 13)
  • Dennis Hughes – organ (tracks 1, 10), piano (tracks 6, 8, 11)
  • Tony Ferguson – organ (tracks 1, 3, 11, 13)
  • Steve Sparkes – narration (track 2)
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone (track 5), brass arrangement (track 11)
  • George – tenor saxophone (track 5)
  • Pete Brown – trumpet (track 5)
  • David "Boss" Goodman – vocals (track 7), choir (track 7)
  • Jennifer Ashworth – choir (track 7)
  • Karl Dallas – choir (track 7)
  • Andy Johns - Engineer

References

  1. ^ Williams, Richard (29 July 2013). "Mick Farren obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 874.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ a b "Social Deviants". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "He predicted a riot - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  6. ^ Thompson, Dave (1 August 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.


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