Friendliness (album)

Friendliness is the second album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by Stackridge and Victor Gamm at Sound Techniques, London. This was the only Stackridge album to be released on the MCA Records label both in the UK and the USA.

Friendliness
Studio album by
Stackridge
ReleasedNovember 1972 (UK)
RecordedAugust 1972
Genre
Length41:30
LabelMCA Records
Demon Records (CD re-issue)
Angel Air (CD re-issue)
ProducerStackridge, Victor Gamm
Stackridge chronology
Stackridge
(1971)		 Friendliness
(1972)		 The Man in the Bowler Hat
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
  1. "Lummy Days" (Davis) 3:22
  2. "Friendliness (Part 1)" (Warren) 2:29
  3. "Anyone for Tennis" (Warren) 2:32
  4. "There is No Refuge" (Warren) 3:24
  5. "Syracuse The Elephant" (Walter, Davis) 8:46
  6. "Amazingly Agnes" (Warren) 3:30
  7. "Father Frankenstein is Behind Your Pillow" (Warren) 3:35
  8. "Keep On Clucking" (Walter, Davis) 4:03
  9. "Story of My Heart" (Slater) 2:03
  10. "Friendliness (Part 2)" (Warren) 1:55
  11. "Teatime" (Walter, Davis) 5:51

Bonus Tracks from the 2006 re-issue on Angel Air.

  1. "Everyman" (Davis, Warren) 4:27 (b-side)
  2. "Purple Spaceships Over Yatton" (Walter, Davis) 6:39 (b-side)
  3. "C'est La Vie" (Warren, Davis) 3:21 (b-side)
  4. "Do The Stanley" (Wabadaw, Sleeve) 2:54 (single)

Deluxe version

Friendliness was reissued in 2023 by Esoteric Recordings (through Cherry Red Records). This 2 CD deluxe set includes the complete original album, some of the 2006 additional tracks and a live 'In Concert' recording from 1972. The first CD being the original album and the bonus material across the second.[2] Tracks are:

CD 1

  1. "Lummy Days" (Davis)
  2. "Friendliness (Part 1)" (Warren)
  3. "Anyone for Tennis" (Warren)
  4. "There is No Refuge" (Warren)
  5. "Syracuse The Elephant" (Walter, Davis)
  6. "Amazingly Agnes" (Warren)
  7. "Father Frankenstein is Behind Your Pillow" (Warren
  8. "Keep On Clucking" (Walter, Davis)
  9. "Story of My Heart" (Slater)
  10. "Friendliness (Part 2)" (Warren)
  11. "Teatime" (Walter, Davis)

CD 2

  1. "Slark" (single version) (not included on the 2006 reissue)
  2. "Purple Spaceships Over Yatton" (Walter, Davis) 6:39 (b-side)
  3. "Introduction – Hit and Miss" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  4. "Grande Piano" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  5. "Teatime" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  6. "Lummy Days" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  7. "Amazingly Agnes" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  8. "32 West Mall" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  9. "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  10. "Four Poster Bed (Let There Be Lids)" (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
  11. "C'est La Vie" (Warren, Davis) (b-side)
  12. "Do The Stanley" (Wabadaw, Sleeve) (single)

Personnel
  • Andy Cresswell-Davis - guitar, vocals, keyboards
  • James Warren - guitar, vocals; bass on "Keep on Clucking"
  • Michael "Mutter" Slater - flute, vocals; piano on "Story of My Heart"
  • Michael Evans - violin, cello, vocals
  • Jim "Crun" Walter - bass; guitar on "Keep on Clucking"
  • Billy "Sparkle" Bent - drums

References
  1. "Friendliness - Stackridge | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. "Stackridge: Friendliness, 2CD Edition".
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