Fourth Wall (album)

This article is about the 1981 album by The Flying Lizards. For the 2023 album by Ruel, see 4th Wall (album). For the 2014 album by Dream Theater, see Breaking the Fourth Wall (album).

Fourth Wall
Studio album by The Flying Lizards
Released	1981 (1981)
Studio	Berry Street Studio, Pathway Studios, Music Works, Mekon Studios, London
Label	Virgin
Producer	David Cunningham
The Flying Lizards chronology
The Flying Lizards (1979) Fourth Wall (1981) Top Ten (1984)

Fourth Wall is the second studio album by English rock band the Flying Lizards.[1] It was released in 1981 by record label Virgin.[2][3] The album features numerous collaborators, including Robert Fripp.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Record Collector	[5]

Trouser Press called it "well-produced and interesting as individual songs, but it fails to jell as an album".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are composed by David Cunningham except where indicated.

Tracks that were originally on side 1 of the LP:

1. "Lovers and Other Strangers" (David Cunningham, Patti Palladin, Steve Beresford)
2. "Glide/Spin" (Cunningham, Palladin)
3. "In My Lifetime"
4. "Cirrus"
5. "A-Train" (Cunningham, Palladin)
6. "New Voice"

Tracks that were originally on side 2 of the LP:

1. "Hands 2 Take" (Nyman, Cunningham, Palladin)
2. "An Age"
3. "Steam Away"
4. "Move On Up" (Curtis Mayfield)
5. "Another Story"
6. "Lost and Found" (Cunningham, Robert Fripp)

Personnel

• Patti Palladin - vocals
• David Cunningham - effects, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, violin, vocals
• Julian Marshall - keyboards, vocals
• J.J. Johnson - drums

with:

• Robert Fripp - guitar on "Glide/Spin" and "Lost and Found"
• Steve Beresford - bass, guitar, keyboards on "Lovers and Other Strangers"
• Peter Gordon - saxophone on "Glide/Spin"
• Val Haller - bass on "In My Lifetime" and "A-Train"
• Gareth Sager - saxophone on "A-Train"
• Cheryl Lewis - vocals on "New Voice"
• Michael Nyman - piano on "Hands 2 Take"
• Keith Thompson - baritone saxophone on "Hands 2 Take"
• Ben Grove - bass on "Hands 2 Take"
• Steve Saunders - trombone on "Hands 2 Take"
• Anne Barnard - horns on "Hands 2 Take"
• Edward Pillinger, Rory Allam - bass clarinet on "Hands 2 Take"
• Lucie Skeaping, Nick Hayley - rebec on "Hands 2 Take"

Technical

• Al Williams, Dave Hunt, John Strudwick, Rob Doran - engineer
• David Cunningham, Laurie-Rae Chamberlain - artwork

References

1. Greene, Doyle (2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 181.
2. Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Press. p. 167.
3. Jones, Peter (5 September 1981). "U.K. Sales Push for Catalog, New LPs". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 35. p. 4.
4. Monger, James Christopher. "The Flying Lizards/Fourth Wall – The Flying Lizards | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
5. Shirley, Ian. "Give Them Your Money!". Record Collector (358). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
6. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Flying Lizards". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

External links

• Fourth Wall at Discogs (list of releases)