Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...

's third studio album

Studio album

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. Released in 1991, it was her second Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 release and second collaboration with producer

Record producer

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/husband Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

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. The title was given when MacColl found it to be the name that was accidentally written on some early pressings of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

's album Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland

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.

Landlady was MacColl's most successful U.S. release, owing to the lead track "Walking Down Madison", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart. The longest song of the album, it features guest vocals by rapper Aniff Cousins, and was originally written for Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

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Original Release

1. "Walking Down Madison" 6:35 (MacColl, Johnny Marr
   Johnny Marr
   Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
   
   )
2. "All I Ever Wanted" 3:51 (MacColl, Marshall Crenshaw
   Marshall Crenshaw
   Marshall Crenshaw is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his song "Someday, Someway".-Biography:...
   
   )
3. "Children of the Revolution" 4:00 (MacColl, Johnny Marr)
4. "Halloween" 3:38
5. "My Affair" 5:25
6. "Lying Down" 4:51 (MacColl, Pete Glenister)
7. "He Never Mentioned Love" 3:53 (MacColl, Jem Finer
   Jem Finer
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   )
8. "We'll Never Pass This Way Again" 4:33
9. "The Hardest Word" 4:36 (MacColl, Hamish MacColl)
10. "Maybe It's Imaginary" 2:13
11. "My Way Home" 4:27 (MacColl, Pete Glenister)
12. "The One and Only" 3:42

2005 Re-Release

1. "Walking Down Madison" 6:35
2. "All I Ever Wanted" 3:51
3. "Children of the Revolution" 4:00
4. "Halloween" 3:38
5. "My Affair" 5:25
6. "Lying Down" 4:51
7. "He Never Mentioned Love" 3:53
8. "We'll Never Pass This Way Again" 4:33
9. "The Hardest Word" 4:36
10. "Maybe It's Imaginary" 2:13
11. "My Way Home" 4:27
12. "The One and Only" 3:42
13. "Don't Go Near the Water" (Mike Love
    Mike Love
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    , Alan Jardine)
14. "One Good Thing"
15. "Darling, Let's Have Another Baby" (Fred Berk)
16. "My Affair" (Bass Sexy Remix)
17. "Walking Down Madison" (6am Ambient Remix)

Personnel

• Kirsty MacColl
  Kirsty MacColl
  Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...
  
   - vocals
• Pete Glenister - guitar
• Elliot Randall - guitar
• Mark E. Nevin
  Fairground Attraction
  Fairground Attraction were a British acoustic pop band. They are best known for their hit single "Perfect", and for helping to launch the career of lead vocalist Eddi Reader.-Career:...
  
   - guitar
• Ian Aitken - guitar
• Johnny Marr
  Johnny Marr
  Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
  
   - guitar
• Colin Stuart - guitar, fiddle
• Philip Chevron - guitar
• Robert Ameen - drums
• Mel Gaynor
  Mel Gaynor
  Mel George Gaynor is a British musician. He is best known as the long time drummer for the rock band, Simple Minds...
  
   - drums
• David Palmer - drums
• Andrew Rankin - drums
• Sal Cuevas
  Sal Cuevas
  Electric bass guitarist and upright bassist Salvador "Sal" Cuevas was for many years, a member of the salsa music group Fania All-Stars, circa , as well as several other top name salsa groups of the time .Sal also enjoyed the title of Musical Director to Willie Colon's orquestra both during...
  
   - bass
• Pino Palladino
  Pino Palladino
  Pino Palladino is a Welsh bass guitarist who gained fame playing primarily rock and roll, blues rock, and rhythm and blues music, although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music, including jazz, neo soul, and funk...
  
   - bass
• Darryl Hunt
  Darryl Hunt (musician)
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   - bass
• Guy Pratt
  Guy Pratt
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   - bass
• Dave Valentin - alto flute, ocarina, pipes
• Milton Cardona - conga
• Ite Jerez - trumpet
• Lloyd Carter - violin
• Jimmy Chambers - background vocals
• George Chandler - background vocals
• Felix Ferrar - violin
• Angel Fernandez - trumpet
• Jem Finer
  Jem Finer
  Jem Finer is an English musician, artist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues.-Life and career:...
  
   - banjo
• Oscar Hernández - piano
• Lewis Kahn - trombone, violin
• Judd Lander - harmonica
• Adrian Lillywhite - tambourine
• Bob Loveday - violin
• Hamish MacColl - keyboards
• Jose Mangual - bongos
• Enrique Orengo - cello
• Marc Quiñones - timbales
• Steve Sacks - alto saxophone
• Ed Shearmur - piano, clavinet
• Joseph J. Shepley - trumpet
• Terry Woods
  Terry Woods
  Terence 'Terry' Woods , is an Irish folk musician, specialising in playing the mandolin and cittern. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks and, briefly, Dr. Strangely Strange. Prior to being a founder member of...
  
   - cittern
• Aniff Cousins - rap
• James Fearnley
  James Fearnley
  James Fearnley is an English musician. He plays accordion in the folk/punk band The Pogues.As a child he was a choir treble, but his voice changed at the age of sixteen. He took piano lessons but did not enjoy it, so he chose to learn the guitar instead...
  
   - accordion
• Trevor Gray - organ, synthesizer, programming
• Jody Linscott
  Jody Linscott
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   - percussion
• Leopoldo Pineda - trombone
• Spider Stacy
  Spider Stacy
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  - tin whistle
• Joe Shepley - trumpet

External links

• Electric Landlady at KirstyMacColl.com