Siamese Friends Explained

Siamese Friends
Type:Album
Artist:Ian Matthews
Cover:Siamese Friends.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:1979
Label:UK Rockburgh Records US Mushroom Records
Producer:Sandy Roberton
Prev Title:Stealin' Home
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Discreet Repeat
Next Year:1979

Siamese Friends is the tenth solo album by singer/songwriter Ian Matthews. The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire, with some overdubs added at Maison Rouge in Fulham.

The original vinyl album was released in 1979 on the Rockburgh Records label in the UK (ROC 107), various labels across Europe, and on Mushroom Records (MRS-5014) in the US and Canada. Siamese Friends was reissued on CD by Line Records in Germany in 1987 and a remastered version was issued by BGO records in 2005 as a 2-on-1 remaster coupled with Stealin' Home.

Track listing

  1. "You Don't See Me" (Ian Matthews/Mark Griffiths/Bob Metzger) - 4:04
  2. "Survival" (Marc Jordan) - 3:23
  3. "Heatwave" (Ian Matthews/Mark Griffiths) - 4:22
  4. "Home Somewhere" (Jules Shear) - 3:36
  5. "Crying In The Night" (Stevie Nicks) - 3:34
  6. "The Baby She's On The Street" (Jona Lewie) - 3:37
  7. "Hearts On The Line" (Ian Matthews/Judith Caldwell/Mark Griffiths) - 4:14
  8. "Anna" (John Martyn) - 3:27
  9. "Lies" (Ian Matthews/Mark Griffiths) - 3:33
  10. "Runaway" (Ian Matthews) - 3:34

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