| The Flying Lizards | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | The Flying Lizards |
| Cover: | The Flying Lizards.jpg |
| Released: | February 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1978–1979 |
| Studio: | Berry Street Studio and Brixton Academy additional recordings in NYC, Munich, Maidstone and in transit |
| Length: | 42:07 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | David Cunningham |
| Next Title: | Fourth Wall |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
The Flying Lizards is the 1980 debut album[1] by The Flying Lizards and was released on the Virgin Records label.[2]
Preceded by two surprise hit singles, the album reached No. 60 in the UK Albums Chart.[3]
Following the unexpected success of the group's 1979 singles—covers of "Summertime Blues" and "Money"—David Cunningham and Deborah Evans were offered a deal with Virgin Records. New material for the album featured improvisational musicians Steve Beresford and David Toop.
The album encompasses "dub-style audio experiments" and "bent interpretations of pop music constructs."[4] Critic Simon Reynolds called it "an exercise in pop absurdism" which included "a Brecht-Weill cover, Sanskrit chants, found sounds, and unlikely instrumental textures" alongside "Cunningham's penchant for excessive studio processing and daft effects."[5]
| Chart (1980) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 37[6] | |
| United Kingdom UK Albums Chart | 60 | |
| New Zealand Official New Zealand Music Chart | 28[7] | |
| US Billboard 200 | 99 |
All tracks by David Cunningham except as noted
11. "All Guitars" ("Summertime Blues" single B-side) - 2:41
12. "Tube" (instrumental remix of "TV" - B side of "TV" single) - 5:09
13. "Money (That's What I Want)" (single edit) - 2:32
General Strike are David Toop and Steve Beresford, who also made the album Danger In Paradise with David Cunningham in the years 1979-1982[8]