Dude Descending a Staircase
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Dude Descending a Staircase is a 2003 album by the British
band Apollo 440
. The Japanese release features two additional tracks on the first disc, "Make My Dreams Come True" and "Rock 'n' Roll".
The album title and cover refer to the famous painting Nude Descending a Staircase
(1912) by Marcel Duchamp
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
band Apollo 440
Apollo 440
Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...
. The Japanese release features two additional tracks on the first disc, "Make My Dreams Come True" and "Rock 'n' Roll".
The album title and cover refer to the famous painting Nude Descending a Staircase
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
-External links:* at the Philadelphia Museum of Art* from Life magazine...
(1912) by Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
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Disc 1
- "Dude Descending a Staircase" (Lester Fernandez, Trevor Gray, Howard Gray, Noko, Abiodun Oyewole, Jerry Tineo) - 5:06
- "Hustler Groove" (Stuart Crichton, Gray, Gray, Noko, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin) - 6:14
- "Disco Sucks" (Gray, Gray, Ewan MacFarlane, Noko) - 3:55
- "N'Existe Pas" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:45
- "Electronic Civil Disobedience" (Jay Dunne, Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:55
- "1,2,3,4" (Gray, Gray, Ian Hoxley, Noko, Pete Wylie) - 3:45
- "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape" (Gray, Trevor Gray, Paul Kodlish, Noko) - 4:40
- "Time is Running Out" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:00
- "Children of the Future" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Nuriddin) - 8:00
Disc 2
- "Diamonds in the Sidewalk" (Gray, Gray, Jack Kerouac, Noko) - 3:41
- "Something's Got to Give" (Denise Davis, Gray, Gray, Pete Kessler, Lisa Lindley-Jones, Noko) - 6:54
- "Christiane" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:37
- "Existe" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:00
- "Bulletproof Blues" (Gray, Gray, MacFarlane, Noko) - 6:21
- "Suitcase '88" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:31
- "Check Your Ego" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Elroy Powell) - 4:09
- "Rope, Rapture & the Rising Sun" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 7:06
- "Bad Chemistry" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 2:46
Personnel
- Apollo 440 – producer
- Anthony Ausgang – sleeve art
- The Beatnuts – vocals
- John Birchall – hair stylist
- Tommy Blaize – vocals, backing vocals
- Mary Byker – backing vocals
- Andy Caine – backing vocals
- Chris Conway – engineer
- Stuart Crichton – cello, keyboards, programming, backing vocals, producer
- John Davis – mastering
- Elizabeth Gray – vocals, backing vocals
- Cliff Hewitt – drums
- Keith Holden – harmonica
- Harry K – backing vocals
- Jack Kerouac – vocals
- Paul Kodlish – drums
- Ashley Krajewski – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Kristine – whisper
- Ewan MacFarlane – vocals, backing vocals
- Andrew Nicholls – mixing assistant
- Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – vocals
- Elroy "Spoonface" Powell – vocals
- Tom Sheehan – photography
- Stan Francisco – saxophone
- Pete Wylie – vocals
- Xan – vocals