Not on Top explained

Not On Top
Type:	Album
Artist:	Herman Düne
Cover:	notontop.jpg
Released:	2005
Recorded:	July 2004
Genre:	Anti-folk
Length:	44:07
Label:	Track & Field
Producer:	Herman Düne & Richard Formby
Prev Title:	Mash Concrete Metal Mushroom
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Giant
Next Year:	2006

Not On Top is a 2005 album by Herman Düne.

On this record Herman Düne are augmented by Canadian singer-songwriter Julie Doiron, who plays bass and provides some of the vocals. This is Herman Düne's first record to make significant use of bass guitar. It was recorded at Hall Place Studios in Leeds, England. Unusually for an album of the 21st century it was deliberately recorded in mono.

Track listing

1. "Little Wounds" – 3:15
2. "Not On Top" – 3:32
3. "Had I Not Known" – 3:04
4. "Walk, Don't Run" – 3:37
5. "Slow Century" – 3:15
6. "This Will Never Happen" – 3:51
7. "German Green" – 0:59
8. "Recording Farfisa" – 0:51
9. "You Could Be A Model, Goodbye" – 3:18
10. "Seven Cities" – 3:05
11. "Good For No One" – 4:07
12. "Orange Hat" – 3:01
13. "Whatever Burns The Best Baby" – 3:42
14. "Eleven Stones" – 3:07
15. "Warning Spectrum" – 1:18

Personnel

• David-Ivar Herman Düne – vocals, Gibson & Levin guitars, ukulele, piano
• André Herman Düne – vocals, Silvertone guitar, Simon & Patrick guitar, piano, lapsteel guitar
  • • Neman – drums, percussion, saw, flute Julie Doiron – eko bass, vocals, ukulele Lisa Li-Lund – vocals
• Dave Tatersall – vocals, Gibson guitar, handclaps
• Rachel MacWatt – vocals
• Gill Iles – vocals
• Alice Hubley – vocals