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1975 studio album by Caravan
Cunning Stunts progressive rock band
Caravan , released in 1975. It was their first album with the bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
Mike Wedgwood . The title of the album is a
spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is typical of their cheeky use of language. Three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual plays on words[
citation needed ] are
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (1970),
In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) and
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973).
Background and recording For a stretch of several days
David Hitchcock was simultaneously producing Cunning Stunts and
Renaissance 's
Scheherazade and Other Stories , so that he would have to work on Cunning Stunts at Tollington Park Studios during the day and on Scheherazade and Other Stories at
Abbey Road Studios at night, an arrangement which Hitchcock felt negatively impacted both albums.
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
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AllMusic described it as "a solid, varied, and interesting album with plenty of character."
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Track listing Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "The Show of Our Lives" John Murphy,
Dave Sinclair 5:47 2. "Stuck in a Hole" Pye Hastings 3:09 3. "Lover" Mike Wedgwood 5:06 4. "No Backstage Pass" Pye Hastings 4:34 5. "Welcome the Day" Mike Wedgwood 4:01
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "The Dabsong Conshirtoe"
a. "The Mad Dabsong"
b. "Ben Karratt Rides Again"
c. "Pro's and Con's"
d. "Wraiks and Ladders"
e. "Sneaking out the Bare Quare"
f. "All Sorts of Unmentionable Things" John Murphy,
Dave Sinclair 18:00
2:15
2:42
2:29
0:58
4:25
5:11 2. "Fear and Loathing in Tollington Park Rag" Geoffrey Richardson 1:10
Bonus tracks Personnel
Caravan in 1974. From left to right: Hastings, Richardson, Wedgwood, Coughlan, Sinclair.
Caravan
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Pye Hastings – electric guitar and acoustic guitars, vocals
Dave Sinclair – piano, organ, synthesizer,
keyboards , string co-arrangement on "No Backstage Pass", brass co-arrangement on "Ben Karratt Rides Again" and "Sneaking out the Bare Quare"
Geoffrey Richardson –
viola , electric guitar, Western concert flute, flute, night-shift whistle
Mike Wedgwood –
bass guitar , congas, vocals, Moog brass on "Stuck in a Hole", string arrangement on "Lover" and "No Backstage Pass"
Richard Coughlan –
drums Additional personnel Charts References External links
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