Me and a Monkey on the Moon is the tenth and final album by British

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band Felt

Felt (band)

Felt were a 1980s British alternative rock band led by Lawrence, whose surname was never listed in any credits or press; the band's name was inspired by Tom Verlaine's emphasis of the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus"...

, released in 1989.

Recording

The album was recorded at ICC Studios in Eastbourne

Eastbourne

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 between 5 and 14 August 1989, after earlier demos had been recorded in Brighton

Brighton

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. Lawrence

Lawrence Hayward

Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...

, Martin Duffy

Martin Duffy (musician)

Martin Duffy is an English keyboardist who originally played in Felt and currently plays with Primal Scream.-Career:Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city, attending St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in King's Norton, and growing up listening to Two Tone, punk,...

 and Gary Ainge had moved to Brighton from Birmingham

Birmingham

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 in 1988; but as Marco Thomas had remained in the Midlands, Robert Young from Primal Scream

Primal Scream

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 was invited to play bass

Bass guitar

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 on the recording. B. J. Cole

B. J. Cole

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 visited the sessions for a day to add the pedal steel guitar

Pedal steel guitar

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 heard on the tracks "I Can't Make Love to You Anymore" and "New Day Dawning".

Track listing

All songs written by Lawrence

Lawrence Hayward

Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...

.

1. "I Can't Make Love to You Anymore" – 4:35
2. "Mobile Shack" – 3:29
3. "Free" – 4:17
4. "Budgie Jacket" – 3:30
5. "Cartoon Sky" – 2:37
6. "New Day Dawning" – 6:34
7. "Down an August Path" – 4:49
8. "Never Let You Go" – 2:52
9. "She Deals in Crosses" – 3:02
10. "Get Out of My Mirror" – 2:33

Personnel

• Lawrence
  Lawrence Hayward
  Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...
  
   - Vocals
• Martin Duffy
  Martin Duffy (musician)
  Martin Duffy is an English keyboardist who originally played in Felt and currently plays with Primal Scream.-Career:Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city, attending St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in King's Norton, and growing up listening to Two Tone, punk,...
  
   - Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , rhodes piano
  Rhodes piano
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Gary Ainge - Drums
  Drum kit
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• John Mohan - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Richard Left - Guitar
• Robert Young - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• B. J. Cole
  B. J. Cole
  Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles of music, ranging from mainstream pop and rock, to jazz and eclectic experimental music.He played and is heavily featured with Deke Leonard's Help...
  
   - Pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
  The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
  
  
• Rose McDowall
  Rose McDowall
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   - Backing vocals
• Pete Astor - Backing vocals