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Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...

 album released in 2006. It features recordings made at Chumbawamba shows throughout England in 2006, covering songs from all throughout their musical career.

The songs "Timebomb", "Homophobia" and "Stitch That/A Stitch in Time" were also on their 1994 live album Showbusiness!
Showbusiness!
Showbusiness! is a 1994 live album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was recorded on the 18 and 19 August 1994 at the Duchess of York in Leeds....

.

Vocal group Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Coope Boyes and Simpson
Coope, Boyes and Simpson are an English vocal folk trio, formed around 1990. Their sound is rich and often has unusual vocal harmonies.The group comprises singers Barry Coope, Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson, and almost all of their music is sung entirely a capella, although they have occasionally...

 are featured. Their songs were previously sampled by Chumbawamba on the album Readymades
Readymades
Readymades is Chumbawamba's first release on their own label MUTT. It continues the eclectic mix of techno, rock and folk of their former albums, albeit to a less ambitious scale than WYSIWYG...

and they contributed vocals to the previous album A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

. They are also label mates on No Masters
No Masters
No Masters is a British record label, based in the north of England, specialising in folk with a political edge.The label was founded in 1990 by John Tams and Jim Boyes. Originally working as singer, John Tams is now famous as an actor in the TV series "Sharpe". He does much of the production work...

 Records.

Track listing

(All songs are written and arranged by Chumbawamba, except where noted)
# Song Name Length Original Album Notes
1 "Buy Nothing Day" 3:26 Un
Un (album)
Un is a Chumbawamba album released in mid 2004, and features major influences from both electronic and folk music, containing many samples from world music. It serves as a bridge between the band's earlier electric sound and the current acoustic sound...

About Buy Nothing Day
Buy Nothing Day
thumb|Buy Nothing Day demonstration in [[San Francisco]], November 2000Buy Nothing Day ' is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. Typically celebrated the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America and the following day internationally, in 2011...

2 "A Stitch in Time" 2:39 Shhh
Shhh
Shhh is a 1992 album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was originally recorded and written as "Jesus H. Christ," an album that relied heavily on samples. A number of the musicians whose material had been sampled objected, and the album was largely re-worked to defend artistic intent and...

Written by Mike Waterson
Mike Waterson
Michael Waterson was an English writer, songwriter and folk singer.Waterson was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is best known as a member of The Watersons, with his sisters Lal Waterson and Norma Waterson and his brother-in-law Martin Carthy...

 & Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...

 (uncredited), arranged by Chumbawamba; A faster rock version called "Stitch That" was on Shhh
Shhh
Shhh is a 1992 album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was originally recorded and written as "Jesus H. Christ," an album that relied heavily on samples. A number of the musicians whose material had been sampled objected, and the album was largely re-worked to defend artistic intent and...

and Showbusiness!
Showbusiness!
Showbusiness! is a 1994 live album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was recorded on the 18 and 19 August 1994 at the Duchess of York in Leeds....

3 "Song on the Times" 2:42 English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 is a 2003 studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was originally released in 1988 with a slightly different tracklist as English Rebel Songs 1381–1914...

Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba
4 "Hard Times of Old England" 2:11 N/A Originally by folk group The Copper Family, arranged by Chumbawamba
5 "By & By" 4:29 A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

6 "Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)
Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name)
"Jacob's Ladder " is an anti-Iraq War single from Chumbawamba. This version, different from the one on their album Readymades, is remixed and contains new anti-war lyrics.It contains two major samples:...

"
4:21 Readymades
Readymades
Readymades is Chumbawamba's first release on their own label MUTT. It continues the eclectic mix of techno, rock and folk of their former albums, albeit to a less ambitious scale than WYSIWYG...

Written by Chumbawamba & Davey Graham
Davey Graham
David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham, originally spelled Davy Graham, , was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival...

7 "Timebomb" 3:19 Anarchy
Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)
Anarchy is a 1994 album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social problems, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism....

8 "Homophobia" 2:07 Anarchy
Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)
Anarchy is a 1994 album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social problems, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism....

9 "William Francis" 4:43 A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

10 "Learning to Love" 3:16 A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

11 "The Diggers' Song
Diggers' Song
The "Diggers' Song" is a 17th century ballad, in terms of content a protest song concerned with land rights, inspired by the Diggers movement, composed by Gerrard Winstanley. The lyrics were published in 1894 by the Camden Society...

"
2:27 English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 is a 2003 studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was originally released in 1988 with a slightly different tracklist as English Rebel Songs 1381–1914...

Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba
12 "On eBay" 4:42 Un
Un (album)
Un is a Chumbawamba album released in mid 2004, and features major influences from both electronic and folk music, containing many samples from world music. It serves as a bridge between the band's earlier electric sound and the current acoustic sound...

13 "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire is a war song of World War I. The song sarcastically recounts the location of various army members, not to be found in the combat zone, and concludes by describing the location of the old battalion: "hanging on the old barbed wire"...

"
2:31 English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 is a 2003 studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was originally released in 1988 with a slightly different tracklist as English Rebel Songs 1381–1914...

Featuring vocals by Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Coope Boyes and Simpson
Coope, Boyes and Simpson are an English vocal folk trio, formed around 1990. Their sound is rich and often has unusual vocal harmonies.The group comprises singers Barry Coope, Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson, and almost all of their music is sung entirely a capella, although they have occasionally...

; Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba
14 "Bella Ciao" 4:48 A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

Traditional, arranged by Chumbawamba
15 "Walking into Battle with the Lord" 3:02 A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap
A Singsong and a Scrap is a Chumbawamba album released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album Un and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting and John Jones and Ian Telfer of Oysterband...

Bonus track on some editions
16 "Rich Pop Stars" 2:06 N/A Bouns track on some editions

Personnel

  • Boff Whalley
    Boff Whalley
    Allan Mark "Boff" Whalley is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba.-Early life and education:Whalley was born Allan Mark Whalley in 1961 in Burnley, Lancashire...

  • Jude Abbott
  • Lou Watts
  • Neil Ferguson

with
  • Phil 'Crikey!' Moody - Accordion
  • Richard 'Why Not?' Ormrod - Accordion
  • Coope, Boyes & Simpson
    Coope Boyes and Simpson
    Coope, Boyes and Simpson are an English vocal folk trio, formed around 1990. Their sound is rich and often has unusual vocal harmonies.The group comprises singers Barry Coope, Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson, and almost all of their music is sung entirely a capella, although they have occasionally...

    - vocals on 13
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