Sort Of
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| Sort Of | ||||
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1972 | |||
| Studio | Wümme, Bremen, Germany | |||
| Genre | Avant-rock | |||
| Length | 41:42 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Uwe Nettelbeck | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
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.
All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just a Conversation" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Paradise Express" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "I Got Evil" | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Little Girl's World" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Tutankhamun" | 2:17 |
| 6. | "Mono Plane" | 6:50 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Blue Flower" | 5:10 |
| 8. | "I'm All Alone" | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Who's Gonna Help Me Now?" | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Small Hands of Stone" | 4:38 |
| 11. | "Sort Of" | 2:15 |
| 12. | "Heading for Kyoto" | 3:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Jumping Jonah" | 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
