Flick the Vs

Flick the Vs
Studio album by
King Creosote
Released20 April 2009
Genre
Label
Producer
King Creosote chronology
They Flock Like Vulcans to See Old Jupiter Eyes on His Home Craters
(2008) 		Flick the Vs
(2009) 		My Nth Bit of Strange in Umpteen Years
(2009/2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC(positive)[1]
idiomag(positive)[2]
Planet Sound[3]
The Skinny[4]

Flick the Vs is a studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote, released on 20 April 2009 on Domino Records and Fence Records.

A limited edition version of the album includes a five-track bonus disc.

The Fence Collective official website wrote the following upon release:

The King returns with his millionth album, and comeback for Domino, Flick The Vs. Ten tracks teaming with dry wit, suave one liners, stunning poise, great hair and a nice ass – all held together by that voice, accordion, guitar and drum machines. Produced by Paul Savage at Chem19, and recorded with Jon Hopkins, The Earlies, Steve Mason and some Fence Collective chums – it's got everything that you could possibly want from a King Creosote record but were afraid to dream of.

Track listing

All songs by Kenny Anderson, except where noted.

  1. "No One Had it Better"
  2. "Two Frocks at a Wedding"
  3. "Camels Swapped for Wives"
  4. "No Way She Exists"
  5. "Fell an Ox"
  6. "Coast on By" (Anderson/Steve Mason)
  7. "Nothing Rings True"
  8. "Curtain Craft"
  9. "Rims"
  10. "Saw Circular Prowess"

Bonus disc

Songs written by the Fence Collective, except where noted.

  1. "Here On My Own"
  2. "Diamantina Drover" (Hugh MacDonald)
  3. "Admission #9"
  4. "I Awoke"
  5. "I Believe It's True"

Personnel

  • King Creosote – vocals, guitar, electric bass, keyboards, percussion, accordion, synths, piano, harmonium, mandolin, hammer dulcimer
  • OTF – drums (tracks 1 and 3), drum machines (track 9)
  • The Janitor – drums, drum machines (track 2), percussion (track 1)
  • Captain Geeko – African drums (tracks 2 and 3), drums (tracks 3 and 9)
  • Le Baron Rouge – electric bass (track 2)
  • Albany – samples (track 2)
  • Sorren's Dad – double bass (tracks 3 and 9)
  • Young Richard – drums (tracks 4, 8 and 10), xylophone (track 8)
  • Young Neil – electric bass (tracks 4, 8 and 10), electric guitar (tracks 4 and 10), violas (track 10)
  • Von Supponatime – Moog synthesizer (track 4), piano (tracks 8 and 10), organ (track 10)
  • Nicolai Chestikov – baritone sax (tracks 4 and 8)
  • Steve Mason – drum machines, loops (track 5), drums, keyboards, vocals (track 6)
  • Jon Hopkins – keyboards, xylophone, piano (track 5)
  • Gaz – tuba (track 8)
  • Pip Dylan – gitanjo (track 9)
  • Paul Savage – producer, engineer, mixing

References

  1. ^ "Music – Review of King Creosote – Flick The Vs". BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. ^ "King Creosote News: King Creosote Flick The Vs". Idiomag.com. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Teletext Planet Sound Album/Live Reviews - King Creosote/Flick the Vs". Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  4. ^ Album review by Milo McLaughlin. (3 April 2009). "King Creosote – Flick The Vs". The Skinny. Retrieved 16 February 2012.