Sampler (Cardiacs album)

Sampler
Sampler
Compilation album by Cardiacs
Released	1995
Label	Alphabet Business Concern
Cardiacs chronology

Sampler is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs, released in 1995 by the Alphabet Business Concern.[2][3][4][5]

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

The album was intended as a budget introduction to the band's music, and was released as part of the general 1995 reissue of the Cardiacs back catalogue. Each track is taken from a different album in the reissue series.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From	Length
1.	"Is This the Life"		A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window	5:36
2.	"Angleworm the Angel"	Jon Poole	The Forthcoming Cardiacs Album Which Isn't Finished Yet & Hasn't Got a Title Either	2:24
3.	"Burn Your House Brown"		Songs for Ships and Irons	2:37
4.	"Goodbye Grace"		Heaven Born and Ever Bright	3:36
5.	"Piffol Four Times"		Archive Cardiacs	2:34
6.	"Two Bites of Cherry" (live)		All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest	3:40
7.	"Tarred and Feathered" (live)	William D. Drake Smith	Rude Bootleg	2:57
8.	"Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love"		Songs for Ships and Irons	2:43
9.	"Big Ship" (live)		Cardiacs Live	5:53
10.	"Veronica in Ecstacy"		Tim Smiths Extra Special Oceanland World	4:21
11.	"Christ Alive"		The Sea Nymphs	3:13
12.	"The Everso Closely Guarded Line"	Drake Smith	On Land and in the Sea	8:10
13.	"To Go Off and Things"	Smith Mark Cawthra	The Seaside	2:13

Notes

"Angleworm the Angel" was later released on Sing to God (1996) with the title "Angleworm Angel".

References

Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1995" (with quotation marks).
Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7.
Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
Taylor, Steve (27 September 2006) [6 July 2004]. The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021.
Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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[Larkin-1] Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1995" (with quotation marks).

[2] Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7.

[3] Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.

[4] Taylor, Steve (27 September 2006) [6 July 2004]. The A to X of Alternative Music. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8264-8217-4. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021.

[5] Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.