Battle Hymns for Children Singing explained

Battle Hymns for Children Singing
Type:studio
Artist:Haysi Fantayzee
Cover:Haysi_Fantayzee_Battle_Hymns_for_Children_Singing_album_cover.jpg
Length: (original release)
Label:Regard

Battle Hymns for Children Singing is the debut and sole studio album by the short-lived English new wave band Haysi Fantayzee, released in 1983 by Regard Records.[1]

Content

The album features two UK Top 20 singles: "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" (UK No. 11) and "Shiny Shiny" (UK No. 16). The singles "Holy Joe" (UK No. 51) and "Sister Friction" (UK No. 62) weren't included on the original release of the album but were added to a 2000 CD release in the United States, which also includes remixes and B-sides as bonus tracks. A 2007 CD release by Cherry Pop, retitled The Very Best of Haysi Fantayzee, but otherwise featuring similar track listing and artwork to the original album, also includes "Holy Joe" and "Sister Friction" as well as remixes and B-sides as bonus tracks.

Track listing

Note

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[2]

Musicians

Haysi Fantayzee

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 48
German Albums Chart[4] 40
UK Albums Chart[5] 53

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haysi Fantayzee - Battle Hymns For Children Singing. Discogs. 8 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Battle Hymns for Children Singing - Haysi Fantayzee - Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 8 May 2017.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 135. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  4. Web site: Haysi Fantayzee – Battle Hymns for Children Singing. German. GfK Entertainment. 2017-02-08.
  5. Web site: Official Charts > Haysi Fantayzee. The Official UK Charts Company. 2017-02-08.