The Eight Legged Groove Machine Explained

The Eight Legged Groove Machine
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Wonder Stuff
Cover:	The Eight Legged Groove Machine.jpg
Released:	15 August 1988
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	36:45
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Pat Collier
Next Title:	Hup
Next Year:	1989

The Eight Legged Groove Machine is the debut album by the Wonder Stuff from August 1988.

Track listing

All tracks composed by The Wonder Stuff

1. "Red Berry Joy Town" 2:48
2. "No, for the 13th Time" 3:02
3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby" 2:48
4. "Rue the Day" 1:56
5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More" 2:49
6. "Like a Merry Go Round" 2:40
7. "The Animals and Me" 3:05
8. "A Wish Away" 2:30
9. "Grin" 2:58
10. "Mother and I" 2:24
11. "Some Sad Someone" 2:47
12. "Ruby Horse" 3:06
13. "Unbearable" 2:28
14. "Poison" 2:58
15. "Times Will Change"(CD bonus track) 0.41

2000 reissue bonus tracks

1. "A Song Without an End" 4.09
2. "Goodbye Fatman" 3.11
3. "Astley in the Noose" 3.30
4. "Ooh, She Said" 2.52

20th Anniversary Edition

Re-recordings of the original album with bonus tracks, October 2008:

1. "Red Berry Joy Town"
2. "No, for the 13th Time"
3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby"
4. "Rue The Day"
5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More"
6. "Like a Merry Go Round"
7. "The Animals and Me"
8. "A Wish Away"
9. "Grin"
10. "Mother and I"
11. "Some Sad Someone"
12. "Ruby Horse"
13. "Unbearable"
14. "Poison"
15. "Who Wants to Be the Disco King?"
16. "Astley in the Noose"
17. "Goodbye Fatman"
18. "Ooh, She Said"
19. "Ten Trenches Deep"
20. "A Song Without an End"
21. "Times Will Change"
22. "Apple of My Eye" - bonus track
23. "Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart" - bonus track
24. "Shit Out of Luck" - bonus track

Personnel

1988 recording:^[1]

The Wonder Stuff

• Miles Hunt - vocals, guitars
• Malc Treece - vocals, guitars
• Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones - bass
• Martin Gilks - drums

Technical

• Jessica Corcoran - engineer
• Martyn Strickland - photography

External links

• The Wonder Stuff discography

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Wonder-Stuff-The-Eight-Legged-Groove-Machine/release/1592896 "The Eight Legged Groove Machine" at discogs