Doctor Syntax (album) explained

Doctor Syntax
Type:	Album
Artist:	Edwyn Collins
Cover:	Doctor Syntax (album).jpg
Released:	29 April 2002
Recorded:	2000–2002
Genre:	Rock
Length:	53:55
Label:	Setanta^[1]
Producer:	Edwyn Collins
Prev Title:	I'm Not Following You
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	A Casual Introduction
Next Year:	2003

Doctor Syntax is an album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins.^[2] It was released in 2002. Its title comes from The Three Tours of Dr. Syntax, a comic poem by William Combe and cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson.

The album cover is a painting of Russian Romantic writer and poet Mikhail Lermontov.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated

1. "Never Felt Like This" – 4:15
2. "Should've Done That" – 4:23
3. "Mine Is At" – 4:58
4. "No Idea" – 4:51
5. "The Beatles" – 5:24
6. "Back to the Back Room" – 5:15
7. "Splitting Up" – 6:21
8. "Johnny Teardrop" – 4:11
9. "20 Years Too Late" – 5:06
10. "It's a Funny Thing" – 4:23
11. "Calling on You" – 4:48
12. "Message for Jojo" (Collins, Bernard Butler)
13. "After All (I Live My Life)" (Frankie Miller, Jim Morris)
14. "Stars in My Eyes"

Personnel

• Edwyn Collins - vocals
• Sebastian Lewsley - programming, engineering, mixing
• Paul Cook - drums

Notes and References

1. Edwyn Collins Polishes 'Syntax'. February 20, 2003. Billboard.
2. Web site: Edwyn Collins Doctor Syntax. exclaim.ca.