Barry Adamson – Oedipus Schmoedipus

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Label:	Mute – 9019-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Aug 6, 1996
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style:	Acid Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Abstract, Disco, Downtempo, Lounge, Spoken Word, Ballad

Tracklist

1	Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis Arranged By [String Arrangement Collaboration] – Audrey Riley, Billy McGee Backing Vocals – Beverly Skeet, Chantel Mapp, Roy Hamilton, Zeitia Massiah Guitar – Mark De Lane Lea Vocals – Jarvis Cocker Written-By – Barry Adamson, Jarvis Cocker	5:37
2	Something Wicked This Way Comes Arranged By [String Arrangement Collaboration] – Audrey Riley, Billy McGee Clarinet – Pete Wyman Mixed By – Kevin Petrie Mixed By [Assisted By] – John Pendleton Organ [Hammond] – Seamus Beaghen Written-By – Thaws, Vowles, Adamson, Blackwell, Marshall, Middlesbrooke, Datin, Vidalin, Shapiro, Del-Naja	4:32
3	The Vibes Ain't Nothin' But The Vibes Piano – Seamus Beaghen Written-By – Barry Adamson	4:48
4	It's Business As Usual Mixed By – Kevin Petrie Mixed By [Assisted By] – John Pendleton Voice [Voice Overs] – Carla Bozlavich, John Napier Written-By – Barry Adamson, Carla Bozlavich, John Napier	4:28
5	Miles Piano – Seamus Beaghen Saxophone – Pete Wyman Written-By – William Laswell, Miles Davis, Robert Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar	5:26
6	Dirty Barry Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Ivor Wimborne Sounds [Additional] – Kevin Petrie Written-By – Barry Adamson	7:25
7	In A Moment Of Clarity Flute [Alto] – Ileana Ruhemann Saxophone – Pete Wyman Written-By – Barry Adamson	4:12
8	Achieved In The Valley Of Dolls Co-producer – Barry Adamson, Ivor Wimborne Guitar [Additional] – Ken Low Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Ivor Wimborne Vocals – Billy McKenzie* Written-By – Barry Adamson, Billy McKenzie*	4:26
9	Vermillion Kisses Narrator [Storyteller] – Miranda Gooch Written-By – Barry Adamson	3:02
10	The Big Bamboozle Flute [Alto] – Ileana Ruhemann Written-By – Barry Adamson	3:33
11	State Of Contraction Written-By – Barry Adamson	1:37
12	The Sweetest Embrace Guitar [Classical] – Richard Hand Vocals – Nick Cave Written-By – Barry Adamson, Nick Cave	4:46
13	Set The Controls Again Written-By – Barry Adamson	1:32

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Corporation
Copyright © – Mute Corporation
Published By – Mute Song
Published By – Island Music Ltd.
Published By – BMG Music Publishing
Published By – EMI Music Publishing
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – More Cut Music
Published By – Jazz Horn Music
Published By – Songs Of Polygram International
Recorded At – GT Eden
Recorded At – Worldwide Studios
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

Arranged By, Performer, Producer – Barry Adamson
Design Concept [Sleeve Concept] – Barry Adamson, Simon Henwood
Layout – Luella Wright, Slim Smith (2)
Mastered By [Cut By] – Kevin Metcalfe
Mixed By – PK*
Photography By – Steve Gullick
Programmed By [Additional Programming], Sounds, Other [Cool Collaboration] – Atticus Ross (tracks: 1 to 6)
Recorded By [Additional Sound Recordings By] – PK*
Recorded By [Original Sound Recordings By] – Kevin Petrie

Notes

Written, arranged, performed and produced at GT Eden, Wessex and Worldwide recording studios London, England.

Cut at The Townhouse.

Cover photograph - still from Philippe Garrel's 'Le Revelateur'.

Jarvis Cocker appears courtesy of Island Records Ltd. Sample of "Vertigo" taken from "The Vertigo Suite" courtesy of Famous Music Corporation. Sample of "O' Les Temps des Souvenirs" by Françoise Hardy courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd. on behalf of Disques Vogue. Sample of "Blue Lines" by Massive Attack used courtesy of Virgin Records.

Published by Mute Song, except
"Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis" Mute Song/Island Music Limited;
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" Mute Song/BMG Music Publishing/EMI Music Publishing/Island Music Ltd.;
"It's Business As Usual" Mute Song/Copyright Control
"Miles" More Cut Music/Jazz Horn Music, adm. by Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp./Songs of PolyGram International/Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp.
"Achieved In The Valley Of The Dolls" Mute Song/Copyright Control

All Mute Song compositions are administered by Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co. in the US and Canada.

Mute (logo)
℗ & © 1996 Mute Corporation.
Disc: Made in USA.
Sleeve: Printed in Canada.

Issued in a Digipak sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 24596-9019-2 2
Barcode (Scanned): 724596901922
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2U2X
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S2
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U3L
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 2U2Y
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 2U4D
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 2U1O
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): (Specialty Records Corporation logo) HV 9019-2 OLY@@02 M1S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 2U6L

Other Versions (5 of 20)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	A Prayer Mat Of Flesh (Cassette, Album, Promo)	Mute	CD STUMM 134	UK	1995
Recently Edited	Oedipus Schmoedipus (CD, Album, Digipak)	Mute, Mute	CD STUMM 134, CDSTUMM134	UK	1996
Recently Edited	Oedipus Schmoedipus (CD, Album, Digipak)	Mute, Labels, Mute, Labels	724384194727, 7243 8419472 7	France	1996
Recently Edited	Oedipus Schmoedipus (CD, Album)	Mute, Mute, Mute, Mute	IRS 972.067, CDSTUMM134, 7243 4 84276 2 5, INT 845.163	Europe	1996
Recently Edited	Oedipus Schmoedipus (CD, Album, Promo)	Mute	MUSDJ1-2	US	1996

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Reviews

pyenapple Jul 2, 2016
Probably my favorite Barry Adamson album. Each and every track on here could've (and, indeed, should've) been used in a different movie. Or all in the same movie. But, like many other Adamson releases, the key is movies: his work is so hugely evocative of cinema—particularly a spectrum of film noir of the '40s through the late '70s—that it's nearly impossible to listen to this album with feeling your emotions pulled in the direction of the absent narrative. The tracks are of different genres, though nearly all of them dip at least their toes into nocturnal jazz. Most are instrumental, a few have sung vocals, and a few have strange narrations and spoken word segments. Dark, nighttime moods pervade. Barry Adamson is a master at this.