Annotation
The Original Lo-Fi is a CD box set compiling five albums of home-made recordings released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird between 1995 and 1997, plus a sixth CD (entitled The Black Album), consisting of additional material recorded during the 1990s.
Annotation last modified on 2011-05-28 20:54 UTC.
Tracklist
| || 1CD: I Was Born a Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Blow It to the Moon
| 2:40 | |
| 2 | Mans Tight Vest
| 4:14 | |
| 3 | Lemonade Baby
| 4:37 | |
| 4 | C.F.C.
| 3:30 | |
| 5 | Cornershop
| 3:09 | |
| 6 | Kiss Your Country
| 4:04 | |
| 7 | Hong Kong Blues
| 3:34 | |
| 8 | Dead Bird Sings
| 4:05 | |
| 9 | Baby Bird
| 3:34 | |
| 10 | Farmer
| 2:59 | |
| 11 | Invisible Tune
| 3:54 | |
| 12 | Alison
| 3:44 | |
| 13 | Love Love Love
| 2:27 | |
| 2CD: Bad Shave | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | KW Jesus TV Roof Appeal
| 3:58 | |
| 2 | Bad Jazz
| 3:06 | |
| 3 | Too Handsome to Be Homeless
| 3:23 | |
| 4 | Steam Train
| 2:36 | |
| 5 | Bad Shave
| 3:22 | |
| 6 | Oh My God You’re a King
| 2:48 | |
| 7 | The Restaurant Is Guilty
| 1:49 | |
| 8 | Valerie
| 2:16 | |
| 9 | Shop Girl
| 3:41 | |
| 10 | W.B.T.
| 3:54 | |
| 11 | Hate Song
| 2:16 | |
| 12 | 45 & Fat
| 2:42 | |
| 13 | Sha Na Na
| 2:41 | |
| 14 | Bug in a Breeze
| 3:55 | |
| 15 | It’s Okay
| 2:27 | |
| 16 | Happy Bus
| 2:30 | |
| 17 | Swinging From Tree to Tree
| 2:37 | |
| 18 | Past Lasts Longer | 3:12 | |
| 19 | Why | 2:38 | |
| 3CD: Fatherhood | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | No Children
| 1:09 | |
| 2 | Cooling Towers
| 3:14 | |
| 3 | Cool & Crazy Things to Do
| 2:41 | |
| 4 | Bad Blood
| 3:55 | |
| 5 | Neil Armstrong
| 2:21 | |
| 6 | I Was Never Here
| 3:53 | |
| 7 | Saturday
| 2:29 | |
| 8 | Good Night
| 3:26 | |
| 9 | I Don’t Want to Wake You Up
| 3:27 | |
| 10 | Iceberg
| 3:11 | |
| 11 | Aluminium Beach
| 4:36 | |
| 12 | Goddamn It, You’re a Kid
| 3:07 | |
| 13 | Daisies
| 2:08 | |
| 14 | Failed Old Singer
| 3:34 | |
| 15 | Fatherhood
| 2:28 | |
| 16 | Dustbin Liner
| 2:53 | |
| 17 | Not About a Girl
| 2:32 | |
| 18 | Good Weather
| 3:24 | |
| 19 | But Love
| 1:58 | |
| 20 | May We
| 3:38 | |
| 4CD: The Happiest Man Alive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Razorblade Shower
| 4:06 | |
| 2 | Sundial in a Tunnel
| 2:52 | |
| 3 | Little White Man
| 2:24 | |
| 4 | Halfway Up the Hill
| 4:36 | |
| 5 | Horsesugar
| 2:49 | |
| 6 | Please Don’t Be Famous
| 3:30 | |
| 7 | Louse
| 2:31 | |
| 8 | Copper Feel
| 2:54 | |
| 9 | Seagullably
| 3:27 | |
| 10 | Dead in Love
| 3:50 | |
| 11 | Candy Girl
| 3:46 | |
| 12 | Gunfingers
| 2:45 | |
| 13 | Married
| 0:11 | |
| 14 | In the Country
| 2:47 | |
| 15 | Planecrash Xmas
| 3:14 | |
| 16 | This Beautiful Disease
| 4:08 | |
| 17 | You’ll Get a Slap
| 3:16 | |
| 18 | In the Morning
| 2:12 | |
| 5CD: Dying Happy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Losing My Hair
| 3:43 | |
| 2 | Tomorrow’s Gone
| 5:37 | |
| 3 | Petrol Cigarette
| 2:35 | |
| 4 | When Everyone Speaks English, the World Will Explode
| 6:03 | |
| 5 | Homesick Satallites
| 2:34 | |
| 6 | TV
| 3:08 | |
| 7 | The Unemployable Rub Oil on Her Coffin
| 2:21 | |
| 8 | Grandma Begs to Be 18 Again
| 2:34 | |
| 9 | It’s Alright Dad, Isn’t It
| 2:36 | |
| 10 | Lead Cloud
| 2:34 | |
| 11 | Cheap Astronaut
| 5:14 | |
| 12 | Metal Waterpistol
| 3:09 | |
| 6CD: The Black Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Black Intro | 1:43 | |
| 2 | Stick It in Me | 1:44 | |
| 3 | Coming Alive
| 1:56 | |
| 4 | Unswayed | 2:31 | |
| 5 | Hum
| 1:23 | |
| 6 | Get in the Light | 2:50 | |
| 7 | When the Lights Go Out
| 2:15 | |
| 8 | Sun Is Shining
| 2:58 | |
| 9 | Cheap Gold | 3:25 | |
| 10 | Pretty Little Sparks
| 2:45 | |
| 11 | Devil Music | 2:09 | |
| 12 | Someone Left the Gas On | 2:10 | |
| 13 | Always Here | 2:09 | |
| 14 | Can’t Breath the Same Air | 2:22 | |
| 15 | Drunk Car
| 2:03 | |
| 16 | The End of Life | 6:18 | |
Credits
Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/149053 [info] |
|---|---|
| ASIN: | UK: B00006LEOA [info] |
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