Flying Doesn't Help
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Flying Doesn't Help |
| type | studio |
| artist | Anthony Moore |
| cover | Flyingdoesnthelp.png |
| released | 1979 |
| recorded | The Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London |
| genre | Progressive rock, experimental rock, post-punk |
| length | 37:11 |
| label | Quango |
| Voiceprint | |
| producer | Laurie Latham |
| Anthony Moore | |
| prev_title | Out |
| prev_year | 1976 |
| next_title | World Service |
| next_year | 1981 |
| :: |
| name = Flying Doesn't Help | type = studio | artist = Anthony Moore | cover = Flyingdoesnthelp.png | released = 1979 | recorded = The Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London | genre = Progressive rock, experimental rock, post-punk | length = 37:11 | label = Quango Voiceprint | producer = Laurie Latham Anthony Moore | prev_title = Out | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = World Service | next_year = 1981
Flying Doesn't Help is a solo album by Anthony Moore (credited on the album sleeve as 'A. More'), released by Quango in 1979. The album was remastered and re-released on CD by the Voiceprint label in 1994.
The Moore/Blegvad song, "War" was originally recorded in 1974 by Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, and released on their 1975 album, In Praise of Learning.
Track listing
| title_width = 65% | headline = Side one | all_writing = Anthony Moore, except where noted | title1 = Judy Get Down | length1 = 2:58 | title2 = Ready Ready | length2 = 3:09 | title3 = Useless Moments | length3 = 2:48 | title4 = Lucia | length4 = 4:38 | title5 = Caught Being in Love | length5 = 4:57
| title_width=65% | headline = Side two | title1 = Timeless Strange | length1 = 3:44 | title2 = Girl It's Your Time | length2 = 3:19 | title3 = War | note3 = Moore, Blegvad | length3 = 4:23 | title4 = Just Us | length4 = 4:14 | title5 = Twilight (Uxbridge Rd.) | length5 = 2:22
| title_width=65% | headline = 1994 CD reissue | title1 = Judy Get Down | length1 = 2:58 | title2 = Ready Ready | length2 = 3:09 | title3 = Useless Moments | length3 = 2:48 | title4 = Lucia | length4 = 4:38 | title5 = Caught Being in Love | length5 = 4:57 | title6 = | length6 = 0:35 | title7 = Timeless Strange | length7 = 3:44 | title8 = Girl It's Your Time | length8 = 3:19 | title9 = War | note9 = Moore, Blegvad | length9 = 4:23 | title10 = Just Us | length10 = 4:14 | title11 = Twilight, Uxbridge Rd. | length11 = 2:22
Personnel
- Anthony Moore – vocals, guitars, keyboards, electronics, backing vocals
- Bob Shilling, Chris Slade, Robert Vogel, Charles Hayward – drums
- Festus, Sam Harley, Matt Irving – bass
- Bernie Clark – keyboards
- Laurie Latham – saxophone, mouth harp, backing vocals
- Edwin Cross – backing vocals
Produced by Anthony Moore and Laurie Latham
Engineered by Laurie Latham and Edwin Cross
Remastered for CD by Tony Arnold
Reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = "Building dense sonic forests filled with jagged splinters and dry, incongruously delicate vocals, the results fall somewhere between Peter Gabriel, John Cale, David Bowie and Kevin Ayers. An extraordinary record that reveals itself a little further each time it's played." – Trouser Press
"While much of Moore's earlier work is pleasant, yet dispensable, Flying Doesn't Help falls into a different class altogether. Elaborate yet accessible, the effects of More's (now minus one "o") masterwork can be felt on a number of levels." – All Music
Variations
The album was released with at least four different colored covers—Red (as shown above), Silver, Purple and Yellow.
References
References
- Flying Doesn't Help, CD booklet
- Jourdan, Michael. "Anthony Moore – Flying Doesn't Help". [[AllMusic]].
- "Anthony More". Trouser Press.
- "A. More* – Flying Doesn't Help". [[Discogs]].
- "A. More (Anthony Moore) – Flying Doesn't Help, LP, 1979, UK". Mutant Sounds.
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