A Can of Bees
by
The Soft Boys
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studio album
First released:
1984

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Release dates:
  • Jul 24 1992 in United States

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Alternative Rock,
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4 stars Awkward, Jarring and Angular Pop!
The Soft Boys debut A Can Of Bees is the easily the hardest album

in Hitchcock's career. It's a genuinely weird record from the school of Beefheart. "Sandra's Having Her Brain Out",

"Fatman's Son", "The Return Of The Sacred Crab", "The Pigworker" and "Do The Chisel" are all original, angular power pop.

"Human Music" sees Robyn's first great song.

Great four-part harmonies, intricate arrangements and great

jarring pop. Great guitar interplay between

Rew and Hitchcock. Crazy harmonica parts …
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Written by Bill Wikstrom
3 stars Hitchcock's first hits hard and weird 20 years later
Collecting the three different versions of the immortal Soft Boy's first album on cd was quite an accomplishment... And it's a shame that Rykodisc's contract to release it are up. If you're a Hitchcock fan, it's a must. "Leppo and the Jooves", "Human Music", and many more are collected here. This was Hitchcock at his hardest, and when it works it is something to hear. Of course, not all of it works, but if this is your thing, you won't mind a bit. Hitchcock's "fishy" lyrics are both sardonic and…
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Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Give It to the Soft Boys
    1:59
    2
    The Pigworker
    4:32
    3
    Human Music
    4:31
    4
    Leppo and the Jooves
    5:28
    5
    The Rat's Prayer
    3:20
    6
    Do the Chisel
    3:06
    7
    Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
    4:09
    8
    The Return of the Sacred Crab
    2:57
    9
    Cold Turkey
    4:20
    10
    Skool Dinner Blues (live)
    2:23
    11
    Wading Through a Ventilator (live)
    3:59
    12
    Leppo and the Jooves
    5:33
    13
    Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
    3:49
    14
    Skool Dinner Blues
    2:16
    15
    Fatman's Son
    2:41
    16
    (I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp (live)
    2:54
    17
    Ugly Nora (live)
    3:07

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Other versions Edit

11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Two Crabs Universal
catalog number: CLAW 1001
release dates: 1984 in United Kingdom
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