| Flying Doesn't Help | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Anthony Moore |
| Cover: | Flyingdoesnthelp.png |
| Released: | 1979 |
| Recorded: | The Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London |
| Genre: | Progressive rock, experimental rock, post-punk |
| Length: | 37:11 |
| Label: | Quango Voiceprint |
| Producer: | Laurie Latham Anthony Moore |
| Prev Title: | Out |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | World Service |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Flying Doesn't Help is a solo album by Anthony Moore (credited on the album sleeve as 'A. More'), released by Quango in 1979. The album was remastered and re-released on CD by the Voiceprint label in 1994.[1]
The Moore/Blegvad song, "War" was originally recorded in 1974 by Henry Cow and Slapp Happy, and released on their 1975 album, In Praise of Learning.
Produced by Anthony Moore and Laurie Latham
Engineered by Laurie Latham and Edwin Cross
Remastered for CD by Tony Arnold
"Building dense sonic forests filled with jagged splinters and dry, incongruously delicate vocals, the results fall somewhere between Peter Gabriel, John Cale, David Bowie and Kevin Ayers. An extraordinary record that reveals itself a little further each time it's played." – Trouser Press[2]
"While much of Moore's earlier work is pleasant, yet dispensable, Flying Doesn't Help falls into a different class altogether. Elaborate yet accessible, the effects of More's (now minus one "o") masterwork can be felt on a number of levels." – All Music
The album was released with at least three different colored covers—Red (as shown above), Purple[3] and Yellow.[4]