Do They Hurt?
Studio album by Brand X
Released	18 April 1980
Recorded	April 1979
Studio	Startling Studios (Ascot, UK); Farmyard Studios (Buckinghamshire, UK).
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	39:48
Label	Charisma (UK) Passport (USA)
Producer	Brand X, Neil Kernon
Brand X chronology
Product (1979) Do They Hurt? (1980) Is There Anything About? (1982)

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Do They Hurt? (1980) is the fifth album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The tracks on this album are outtakes from the Product sessions. ("Noddy Goes to Sweden" was a B-side from Product.)

Track listing

Side one

1. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" (Jones) – 4:30
2. "Voidarama" (Goodsall) – 4:21
3. "Act of Will" (Goodsall) – 4:43
4. "Fragile" (Jones, Robinson) – 5:26

Side two

5. "Cambodia" (Goodsall) – 4:31
6. "Triumphant Limp" (Goodsall, Giblin, Lumley, Collins) – 7:34
7. "D.M.Z." (Jones) – 8:39

Personnel

• J. Peter Robinson – keyboards (1-5, 7), gong (5, 6), synthesizers (6)
• Robin Lumley – acoustic piano (2), keyboards (6)
• John Goodsall – guitars (2-7), vocals (3)
• Percy Jones – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 7), vocals (1)
• John Giblin – bass (2, 6)
• Mike Clark – drums (1, 3, 4, 5, 7)
• Phil Collins – drums (2, 6)
• Morris Pert – percussion (1, 4)

Production

• Brand X – producers
• Neil Kernon – producer, engineer (1-5, 7)
• Richard Austen – engineer (6)
• Colin Green – engineer (6)
• Hipgnosis – cover design, photography
• Richard Manning – coloring

Notes

• Robin Lumley (2002): "To this day I can proudly count Michael Palin and Terry Jones as good pals! I got Mike to do the sleeve notes on Do They Hurt? (which is itself a line from Holy Grail (witch sequence)... He wanted 25 pence for writing the notes... Charisma didn't pay him so he threatened to sue! (a joke of course)".
• "Act of Will" is sung through a vocoder. John Goodsall himself said, in a private e-mail, that there were never any written lyrics. Various attempts have been made to puzzle out what he is saying, but the words are likely similar to " Masoko Tanga" by The Police and are not always words.
• This album consists of out-takes from the Product sessions. Because "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was included on this album, the song "Pool Room Blues" gains the distinction of being one of two non-album Brand X songs (along with "Genocide of the Straights" from X-Cerpts).

References

External links

• "Brand X (3) - Do They Hurt? (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

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