A Can of Bees

A Can of Bees
Studio album by
The Soft Boys
Released24 April 1979
RecordedAugust–November 1978
StudiosSpaceward Studios, Cambridge
GenrePost-punk
Length40:46
LabelsTwo Crabs
CLAW 1001 (original UK release)
ProducerSpaceward
The Soft Boys chronology
A Can of Bees
(1979)		 Underwater Moonlight
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar
Alternative Rock5/10
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
The Great Rock Discography7/10
Indiana Daily StudentB
MusicHound Rock3/5
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star
Pitchfork7.5/10
Popmatters8/10

A Can of Bees is the 1979 debut album by English rock band The Soft Boys. The album was reissued in 1984 with a different track listing on the second side. Both versions of side two appear on the CD reissue first put out by Two Crabs in 1990, subsequently reissued by Rykodisc in 1992, and Yep Roc in 2010.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pig Worker" 4:30
3."Human Music" 4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves" 5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab" 2:54
9."Cold Turkey" (Live)John Lennon4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live) 2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live) 4:08

1984 reissue track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pigworker" 4:29
3."Human Music" 4:31
4."Leppo & The Jooves" 5:29
5."The Rats Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:39
8."Fatman's Son" 2:38
9."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live) 2:51
10."Ugly Nora" (Live) 3:05
11."Cold Turkey"John Lennon4:16

1992 CD reissue track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It to the Soft Boys" 1:57
2."The Pig Worker" 4:30
3."Human Music" 4:30
4."Leppo and the Jooves" 5:27
5."The Rat's Prayer" 3:19
6."Do the Chisel" 3:03
7."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:47
8."The Return of the Sacred Crab" 2:54
9."Cold Turkey" (Live)John Lennon4:17
10."School Dinner Blues" (Live) 2:26
11."Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live) 4:08
12."Leppo & The Jooves" 5:29
13."Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" 3:39
14."School Dinner Blues" 2:14
15."Fatman's Son" 2:38
16."(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live) 2:51
17."Ugly Nora" (Live) 3:05

Personnel

Technical

References

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  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (11 February 2000). "Alternative rock". San Francisco : Miller Freeman Books; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Publishing – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (11 February 1998). "The encyclopedia of popular music". London : Macmillan – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (11 February 2004). "The great rock discography". New York : Canongate U.S. – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "The Soft Boys "A Can of Bees" and "Underwater Moonlight" Album Reviews". Indiana Daily Student.
  6. ↑ "MusicHound rock : the essential album guide". Detroit : Visible Ink Press. 11 February 1996 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (Christian David) (11 February 2004). "The new Rolling Stone album guide". New York : Simon & Schuster – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Soft Boys: A Can of Bees / Underwater Moonlight". Pitchfork.
  9. ↑ "The Soft Boys: A Can of Bees / Underwater Moonlight, PopMatters". 14 November 2010.
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The Soft Boys album 'A Can of Bees' was released in 1980 by Aura Records (AUL 709).