Couchmaster

Studio album by The Bats

Released

1995

Recorded

June-July 1995 at Nightshift Studios, Christchurch, New Zealand

Genre

Dunedin Sound, jangle pop, indie rock, alternative rock

Length

52:43

The Bats chronology

Spill the Beans
(1994)

Couchmaster
(1995)

At the National Grid
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Couchmaster is an album released in 1995 by New Zealand band The Bats. It was their last studio album release for ten years.

"Afternoon in Bed" was released as a CD single that included three additional non-album tracks.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Robert Scott, except as noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Outside"	0:52
2.	"Afternoon in Bed"	5:13
3.	"Around You Like Snow"	2:40
4.	"Work It Out"	2:50
5.	"Train"	0:48
6.	"Land o' Lakes"	3:44
7.	"Chain Home Low" (The Bats)	3:03
8.	"Supernova"	3:29
9.	"Shoeshine" (The Bats, Kaye Woodward)	3:42
10.	"Crow Song" (The Bats)	5:57
11.	"Smorgasboard" (The Bats)	1:35
12.	"Knowledge is Power"	4:05
13.	"It's Happening to You"	3:03
14.	"Lost Weekend"	2:43
15.	"For the Ride"	3:42
16.	"Out of Bounds"	3:27
17.	"Down to Me"	3:13

Personnel

Malcolm Grant - drums, percussion
Paul Kean - bass, guitar, backing vocals, ukulele
Robert Scott - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Kaye Woodward - guitar, vocals

Also credited:

Crispin Vinnell - French horn
Arnie Van Bussel - engineer^[3]

References

The Bats

Paul Kean Malcolm Grant Robert Scott Kaye Woodward

Studio albums	Daddy's Highway The Law of Things Fear of God Silverbeet Couchmaster At the National Grid The Guilty Office Free All the Monsters

EPs	By Night And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside' Made Up in Blue 4 Songs Courage Spill the Beans Afternoon in Bed Don't You Rise

Singles	Block of Wood Smoking Her Wings The Black and the Blue Boogey Man

Compilations	Compiletely Bats Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres

Related articles	The Clean Dunedin Sound Flying Nun Records

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