Goat Dancing on the Tables explained

Goat Dancing on the Tables
Type:EP
Artist:Weddings Parties Anything
Cover:Goat Dancing on the Tables.jpg
Recorded:1988
Studio:Sugar Hill Studios, Houston
Label:WEA
Producer:Alan Thorne, Weddings Parties Anything
Prev Title:Scorn of the Women
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Roaring Days
Next Year:1989

Goat Dancing on the Tables is the second extended play by Australian folk rock band, Weddings Parties Anything, which was released in November 1988.[1] [2] It was co-produced by Alan Thorne with the band.

The lead track, "Laughing Boy", is a cover version of Paul Kelly's tribute to Brendan Behan, which had already appeared on the band's second album, Roaring Days (April 1988). "Sergeant Small" is a live rendition of a Tex Morton song. The other two tracks, "Tough Time" and "Goat Dancing (At Falafel Beach)", were written or co-written by the band's members, Mick Thomas and Mark Wallace. "Goat Dance at Falafel Beach" was recorded at SugarHill Recording Studios, the first Australian group to record there, following the band's appearance at the 1988 Houston International Festival.[3]

Reception

Aaron Badgley at Allmusic states that the band's version of "Laughing Boy" "alone is worth the purchase of the EP" however that "the real gem of this release is the live recording of "Sergeant Small"."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Laughing Boy" - (Paul Kelly)
  2. "Tough Time" (Mick Thomas)
  3. "Sergeant Small" - (Tex Morton)
  4. "Goat Dancing (At Falafel Beach)" - (Mark Wallace, Mick Thomas)

Credits

Notes and References

  1. Book: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Weddings, Parties, Anything' . https://web.archive.org/web/20040823035636/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 . http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 . 1999 . . . 23 August 2004 . 1-86508-072-1 .
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130930073039/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/w/weddingspartiesanything.html . Weddings Parties Anything . Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren). hem.passagen.se . Holmgren . Magnus . Clarke . Gordon . Love . Jim . 30 September 2013 . 30 March 2017 .
  3. Book: House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios. Bradley, Andy. Wood, Roger. University of Texas Press. 2010. 224. 9780292783249.
  4. Web site: Goat Dancing on the Tables - Weddings Parties Anything. Badgley. Aaron. 30 March 2017.