Sort Of

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title: "Sort Of" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1972-debut-albums", "slapp-happy-albums", "polydor-records-albums", "recommended-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-uwe-nettelbeck"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort_Of" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Sort Of
type	studio
artist	Slapp Happy
cover	SlappHappy AlbumCover SortOf.jpg
released
recorded	May–June 1972
studio	Wümme, Bremen, Germany
genre	Avant-rock
length
label	Polydor
producer	Uwe Nettelbeck
next_title	Slapp Happy
next_year	1974
misc	{{Singles
name	Sort Of
type	studio
single1	Just a Conversation" b/w "Jumpin' Jonah
single1date	1972, Polydor Records
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| name = Sort Of | type = studio | artist = Slapp Happy | cover = SlappHappy AlbumCover SortOf.jpg | released = | recorded = May–June 1972 | studio = Wümme, Bremen, Germany | genre = Avant-rock | length = | label = Polydor | producer = Uwe Nettelbeck | next_title = Slapp Happy | next_year = 1974 | misc = {{Singles | name = Sort Of | type = studio | single1 = Just a Conversation" b/w "Jumpin' Jonah | single1date = 1972, Polydor Records | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | noprose = yes

Sort Of is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Bremen, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Records released a limited edition of Sort Of on vinyl, and the album was reissued on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with one bonus track. The album was produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.

Track listing

All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore. | headline = Side 1 | title_width = 80% | title1 = Just a Conversation | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = Paradise Express | length2 = 2:40 | title3 = I Got Evil | length3 = 2:30 | title4 = Little Girl's World | length4 = 3:25 | title5 = Tutankhamun | length5 = 2:17 | title6 = Mono Plane | length6 = 6:50 | headline = Side 2 | title_width = 80% | title7 = Blue Flower | length7 = 5:10 | title8 = I'm All Alone | length8 = 2:30 | title9 = Who's Gonna Help Me Now? | length9 = 2:25 | title10 = Small Hands of Stone | length10 = 4:38 | title11 = Sort Of | length11 = 2:15 | title12 = Heading for Kyoto | length12 = 3:00 | headline = CD re-issue bonus tracks | title_width = 80% | title13 = Jumping Jonah | length13 = 3:03

Personnel

• Peter Blegvad – guitar, saxophone, vocals

• Dagmar Krause (credited as "Daggi") – vocals, tambourine, piano, woodblock

• Anthony Moore – guitar, keyboards, vocals

• Gunther Wüsthoff – saxophone on "Paradise Express" and "I'm All Alone"

• Werner "Zappi" Diermaier – drums

• Jean-Hervé Péron – bass guitar

• Engineered by Kurt Graupner

• Album design and cover by David Larcher

Notes

• Gunther, Zappi and Jean recorded through courtesy of Faust

CD releases

Sort Of was released on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with an extra track (from the B-side of their single "Just a Conversation"):

• "Jumpin' Jonah'" (Moore/Blegvad) – the CD was mastered from a vinyl copy as the master tapes had been lost The same master was also issued in Japan with an additional 3" CD single:
• "Alcohol" (Blegvad)

References

References

1. Unterberger, Richie. "Sort of...Slapp Happy".
2. "Discography S".
3. "Slapp Happy: Review".

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