The Empire Strikes Back (Country Teasers album) explained

The Empire Strikes Back
Type:	Album
Artist:	Country Teasers
Cover:	Empire strikes back teasers.jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	October 17, 2005 – November 3, 2005
Genre:	Rock
Label:	In the Red Records
Prev Title:	Live Album
Prev Year:	2005

The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth studio album by Country Teasers.

Reception

Frieze magazine described the album as "Full of moral outrage, scything black humour and joyful Garage-Punk invention, it is also a provocative assault on the hypocritical uses and abuses of language."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Wallers except where noted.

Side one

1. "Spiderman in the Flesh" (Wallers/Roger Waters) – 4:09
2. "Points of View" – 5:06
3. "Hitlers & Churchills" – 3:09
4. "Mos E17ley" – 4:43
5. "The Ship" – 4:15
6. "Raglan Top of Lonsdale Grey" – 5:26

Side two

1. "Good Looking Boys or Women" – 3:23
2. "Your English" – 3:56
3. "Panic Holiday" – 3:42
4. "White Patches" – 7:16
5. "Please Ban Music / Gegen Alles" – 5:02

Personnel

• Leighton Crook – drums, bass (11)
• Alastair Mackinven – guitar, percussion (9)
• Robert McNeill – keyboard, guitar "Oscillations" (4)
• Sophie Politowicz – bass guitar, drums (11)
• Ben Wallers – vocals, guitar; creaking on the "Ship, Oscillations" (9)

Notes and References

1. News: Nathaniel Mellors . The Empire Strikes Back . Frieze . September 2006 . 13 February 2014.