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1976 studio album by Eric Idle & Neil Innes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rutland Weekend Songbook, sometimes referred to as Rutland Times, is a 1976 album by Eric Idle and Neil Innes featuring songs from the BBC comedy series Rutland Weekend Television.

Released1976
GenreComedy Music
Length41:24
LabelBBC Records
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The Rutland Weekend Songbook
Studio album by
Eric Idle & Neil Innes
Released1976
GenreComedy Music
Length41:24
LabelBBC Records
ProducerNeil Innes
Eric Idle & Neil Innes chronology
How Sweet to Be an Idiot
(1973)		 The Rutland Weekend Songbook
(1976)		 Taking Off
(1977)
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It was described by AllMusic's reviewer as "a 21-track masterpiece that really is as funny as it ought to be. An effortless parody of the last decade or so of British television's most treasured conceits".[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "L'Amour Perdu" - 0:38
  2. "Gibberish" - 1:38
  3. "Front Loader" - 2:39
  4. "Say Sorry Again" - 2:19
  5. "I Must Be in Love" - 2:36
  6. "Twenty-Four Hours in Tunbridge Wells" - 1:48
  7. "The Fabulous Bingo Brothers" - 1:09
  8. "Concrete Jungle Boy" - 3:21
  9. "The Children of Rock and Roll" - 0:44
  10. "Stoop Solo" - 2:36
  11. "The Song O' the Insurance Men" - 0:55

Side two

  1. "Testing" - 0:37
  2. "I Give Myself to You" - 2:19
  3. "Communist Cooking" - 1:24
  4. "Johnny Cash" - 0:57
  5. "Protest Song" - 3:42
  6. "Accountancy Shanty" - 0:45
  7. "Football" - 1:33
  8. "Boring" - 2:39
  9. "L'Amour Perdu Cha Cha Cha" - 1:54
  10. "The Hard to Get" - 3:03
  11. "The Song O' the Continuity Announcers" - 2:14

^ Early version of The Rutles' "I Must Be in Love"
^ Early version of The Rutles' "Good Times Roll"

(BBC REB233). (CD issue MSI MSI 10079 Japan only)

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