Slow Children was Slow Children

Slow Children

Slow Children was a New Wave pop group from the early 1980s. Their three most popular songs were "President Am I", "Spring in Fialta" and "Vanessa Vacillating". The two primary performers were Pal Shazar and Andrew Chinich.-Audio sample:-External links:*...

's 1981 debut album.
There was a release in the U.K with an album cover art concept that was adapted from Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...

's "The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet is an avant-garde film directed by Jean Cocteau and financed by Charles de Noailles. Photographer Lee Miller made her only film appearance in this movie, and it also features an appearance by the famed aerialist Barbette...

" (as seen in the info box).

There was also a U.S. release with a different cover featuring photos by Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and nude men...

 and a different track listing.

The track "Staring At The Ceiling" was released as a single in the UK the same year, but didn't chart.

Track listing, UK

1. "Brazilian Magazines"
2. "I Got A Good Mind"
3. "Talk About Horses"
4. "Malicious" (UK only)
5. "She's Like America"
6. "President Am I"
7. "Too Weak To Eat"
8. "Home Life"
9. "Staring At The Ceiling"
10. "Ticket To France" (UK only)
11. "Stuck In Transit"

Track listing, U.S.

1. "President Am I" 3:15
2. "Talk About Horses" 3:02
3. "Too Weak To Eat" 3:00
4. "Brazilian Magazines" 3:03
5. "Stuck In Transit" 3:02
6. "Spring In Fialta" 3:20 (U.S. only)
7. "Staring At The Ceiling" 3:16
8. "Home Life" 2:54
9. "I Got A Good Mind" 3:03
10. "She's Like America" 3:25

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External links

• Official Slow Children Web Site
• Slow Children Fan Site
• Pal Shazar's MySpace
• Download both Slow Children albums plus all of the band's rare b-sides here (transferred from the original vinyl