Songs for Ships and Irons

Songs for Ships and Irons is a compilation album by the band Cardiacs.

Songs for Ships and Irons
Compilation album by
Released1991, 1995
GenreArt rock, progressive rock
Length45:49
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
ProducerTim Smith
Cover Photography Robin Fransella
Cardiacs chronology
Archive Cardiacs
(1989)
Songs for Ships and Irons
(1991)
Heaven Born and Ever Bright
(1992)

Source material

Songs for Ships and Irons combines the whole of the Big Ship mini-album, the whole of the "There's Too Many Irons In The Fire" 12-inch single and the B-sides of the "Susannah's Still Alive" 12-inch single. It also includes a bonus song called "Everything is Easy," a longstanding live favorite not previously released as a studio recording. Some of the quiet talking in between tracks from the original Big Ship mini-album differs from the original release in having been edited/lowered in volume.

The album was out of print, but is available from the Cardiacs website.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Smith unless otherwise indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Ship" 5:47
2."Tarred and Feathered"William D. Drake, Smith3:31
3."Burn Your House Brown" 2:37
4."Stoneage Dinosaurs" 5:22
5."Plane Plane Against the Grain" 1:21
6."Everything Is Easy!" 3:49
7."There's Too Many Irons in the Fire" 3:17
8."All Spectacular" 2:35
9."Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love"Drake, Smith2:46
10."Loosefish Scapegrace" 7:46
11."All His Geese Are Swans!" 6:58
Total length:45:49

Lineup

  • Pete

Personnel

  • Tim Smith - guitar, vocals
  • Jim Smith - bass
  • Sarah Smith - saxophone
  • William D. Drake - keyboards
  • Dominic Luckman - drums
  • Tim Quy - percussion

References

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