Sanity Stomp

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Field	Value
name	Sanity Stomp
type	album
artist	Kevin Coyne
cover	Kevin Coyne – Sanity Stomp.jpg
released	1980
recorded	Disc 1: Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London
Disc 2: Alvic Studios, Wimbledon, London
genre	Rock
label	Virgin
producer	Kevin Coyne and Paul Wickens
prev_title	Bursting Bubbles
prev_year	1980
next_title	The Dandelion Years
next_year	1981
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| name = Sanity Stomp | type = album | artist = Kevin Coyne | cover = Kevin Coyne – Sanity Stomp.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = Disc 1: Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London Disc 2: Alvic Studios, Wimbledon, London | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = | label = Virgin | producer = Kevin Coyne and Paul Wickens | prev_title = Bursting Bubbles | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = The Dandelion Years | next_year = 1981

Sanity Stomp is a double studio album by British rock artist Kevin Coyne which was released in 1980 by Virgin Records. The first disc was recorded with The Ruts, the second with his usual musicians.

Background

Of this album, Coyne himself said: ::quote

I was quite ill when I made that record, as a matter of fact; I was quite mad, basically. That's why it's called Sanity Stomp.... That's a record I made when I was clinically ninety-five per cent nuts, and the themes are rather odd, but somehow it comes out as sounding all right. ::

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Dave Thompson said: ::quote

"If Bursting Bubbles saw Kevin Coyne pursue the joys of anti-production to its logical conclusion, Sanity Stomp -- his second new album in less than a year -- caught him furiously flinging himself back into the fray, at least in part.... few albums have been so aptly titled. ::

Disc 1

Track listing

1. "Fat Man"

2. "The Monkey Man"

3. "How Strange"

4. "Somewhere In My Mind"

5. "When (See You Again?)"

6. "Taking On The World"

7. "No Romance"

8. "Too Dark (One for the Hero)"

9. "Admit You're Wrong"

10. "Formula Eyes"

Personnel

• Kevin Coyne – vocals

• Paul Fox – guitar

• John "Segs" Jennings – bass

• Dave Ruffy – drums

• Gary Barnacle – saxophone

• Paul Wickens – keyboards (Fox, Jennings, Ruffy, and Barnacle were all members of The Ruts)

• Producer: Paul Wickens

• Engineer: David Hunt at Berry Street Studio

Disc 2

Track listing

1. "New Motorway"

2. "A Loving Hand"

3. "Fear of Breathing"

4. "In Silence"

5. "Taking On the Bowers" (Robert Wyatt)

6. "Wonderful Wilderness" (Brian Godding)

7. "My Wife Says"

8. "The World Speaks" (Brian Godding)

9. "You Can't Kill Us"

Personnel

• Kevin Coyne – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Brian Godding – electric guitar and keyboards
• Robert Wyatt – drums, keyboards
• Bob Ward – second guitar
• Producer: Kevin Coyne
• Engineer: Mike at Alvic Studios
• Johnnie Rutter – front cover photography
• Back cover artwork: Robert Coyne

References

References

1. Poor. (2007-09-17). "THE WORLD OF KEVIN COYNE: KEVIN COYNE – 1980 Sanity Stomp @ 192". Kevincoyne.blogspot.com.
2. "Sanity Stomp - Kevin Coyne | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".

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