Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God explained

Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God
Type:	Album
Artist:	Transit Kings
Cover:	Living_in_a_giant_candle.jpg
Released:	August 21, 2006
Genre:	Electronica, trip hop, downtempo, drum and bass
Length:	65:07
Label:	Malicious Damage
Producer:	Alex Paterson, Jimmy Cauty, Guy Pratt, Dom Beken

Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God is the debut album by the Transit Kings. It featured guest appearances from The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and comedian Simon Day.^[1] The Times called it "Orb-lite" and proclaimed it to be "Deep Forest-style sludge".^[2]

Though Jimmy Cauty left the Transit Kings before the release of Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God, he received a credit as composer on seven of the album's tracks.^[3]

Track listing

1. "The West End Of A Duck Going East" (6:12)
2. "Stop Over (Dance With Me)" (0:10)
3. "Concourse" (7:16)
   • Vocals - Juliet Russell
4. "Boom (Bombay)" (5:42)
   • Vocals - Missy MC
5. "Oh Shit" (4:02)
   • Strings" - Chi3
6. "Baby Don't" (5:17)
   • Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins
7. "Japanese Cars (Album Mix)" (4:56)
8. "Free Free" (8:08)
   • Strings - Chi3
   • Vocals - Jonathan Kydd, Juliet Russell, William Butler Yeats
9. "Blooze Tracks" (5:19)
10. "America Is Unavailable" (Album Mix) (5:21)
    • Guitar - Johnny Marr
11. "Wagon Wheels" (6:06)
    • Trumpet, Flugel - Quentin Collins
12. "The Last Lighthouse Keeper" (6:38)
    • Vocals - Simon Day

Extra Tracks on the Japanese release:

1. "Butterflies" (4:31)
2. "America is Unavailable" [sss ding dong mix] (4:41)

Notes and References

1. News: . Gill . Andy . 18 . 2005-06-17 . Transit Kings - Token (Malicious Damage).
2. News: Greenwood . Phoebe . 2006-08-19 . 30 . . Transit Kings.
3. Web site: . Transit Kings entry . 2006-10-18.