| Loony on the Bus | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Roy Harper |
| Cover: | Loony on the Bus.jpg |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Recorded: | England |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 44:15 |
| Label: | Awareness AWCD 1011, Rough Trade CD10-261 (Germany) |
| Producer: | Roy Harper |
| Prev Title: | Descendants of Smith |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Once |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Loony on the Bus is the 15th studio album by Roy Harper and was released in 1988 when Harper required cash in order to start his own company. These demos finally served their purpose by funding Harper's 1990 album Once.
The album is mostly a collection of demos and tracks originally intended for release in 1978-9 under the title Commercial Breaks. The original release was held back because of disputes between Harper and EMI over funding and content and resultantly, it was not until the release of Loony on the Bus in 1988 that most of the tracks became publicly available.
Seven songs are taken from the original track listing for Commercial Breaks (tracks: 1,2,3,6,9,10,& 11), two songs still remain exclusive to this release (tracks 5 & 8), and two tracks (4 & 7) though exclusive at the time of release, would later be released as bonus tracks on the eventual 1994 CD release of Commercial Breaks.
The album's title was inspired by a review of one of Harper's earlier albums in a women's magazine. The reviewer stated that Harper reminded her of "...the loony on the bus".
All tracks credited to Roy Harper