Swamp Thing (album)

Swamp Thing
Studio album by Malcolm McLaren
Released 11 November, 1985
Recorded 1982–1984
Genre Dance music
Length 37:31
Label United Kingdom Charisma CAS 1170
United States Island/Atlantic
90481
Producer Malcolm McLaren, Stephen Hague, Trevor Horn
Malcolm McLaren chronology
Fans
(1984)
Swamp Thing
(1985)
Waltz Darling
(1989)
Singles from Swamp Thing
  1. "Duck Rock Cheer" b/w "Boys Chorus (La Sui Monti Dell'est)"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
NME(?)[2]

Swamp Thing is the third album by Malcolm McLaren released in 1985. It is composed of out-takes recorded between 1982 - 1984. Tracks often built upon material previously recorded - for example, "Eiffel Tower" repurposed lyrics from the Bow Wow Wow song "Sexy Eiffel Towers" with the rhythm track of "Punk it Up" from his previous album Duck Rock, while another track from that previous album, "Soweto," found its instrumental hook reused in the track "Boom Boom Baby." The album was released to fulfill a contractual obligation with his record label. "Duck Rock Cheer" was the sole single released to promote the album. Neither the album or the single met with commercial or critical success, though "Eiffel Tower" had earlier been featured on the soundtrack for the 1984 Jerry Schatzberg film No Small Affair.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Swamp Thing"  McLaren 6:17
2. "Duck Rock Cheer"  T. Horn, McLaren 7:12
3. "Buffalo Love"  A. Dudley, McLaren 4:00
4. "Supresto"  McLaren 1:12
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "B.I. Bikki"  S. Hague, McLaren 3:42
6. "Eiffel Tower"  McLaren 3:46
7. "Boom Boom Baby"  McLaren 4:45
8. "Duck Rockers/Promises"  T. Horn, McLaren 5:56

Bonus tracks

  1. "Duck Rock Cheer - 12" Version (Cheerleader Version)"
  2. "Duck Rock Cheer - 7" Vocal Edit"
  3. "First Couple Out"
  4. "First Couple Out - Extended Version"
  5. "First Couple Out - Long fade"

Personnel

References


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