Unfit to Practise explained

Unfit to Practise
Type:studio
Artist:Amateur Transplants
Cover:frontcover300.jpg
Released:September 2008
Recorded:2007–2008
Genre:Comedy
Length:39:28
Prev Title:Fitness to Practice
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:In Theatre
Next Year:2009

Unfit to Practise is the second album from the parody duo Amateur Transplants.[1]

Production

The Amateur Transplants released their first album Fitness to Practice in 2004.[2] The band received little attention however until 2005 when their song from their debut album, London Underground, a parody of Going Underground by The Jam, went viral, receiving millions of views on YouTube.[3] From 2005 the duo began to write many more songs for the second album, in 2007 they sang many of these for the first time on their live tour, The Black and White Menstrual Tour. The album was then released on CD in 2008 to little attention however in 2010 it was released on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon.com, three songs from the album now have over 50,000 plays on Spotify.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Kay and Suman Biswas.

  1. "Masochism Tango 2008" (1:59)
  2. "Anaesthetist's Hymn" (1:48)
  3. "Sheila's Wheels" (1:08)
  4. "Finals Fantasy" (4:36)
  5. "Beautiful Song" (3:05)
  6. "King of the Dead" (0:45)
  7. "New Man Song" (2:01)
  8. "Libel Case" (0:56)
  9. "Paediatrics" (1:03)
  10. "Information Technology" (0:49)
  11. "Department of Surgery" (1:12)
  12. "Respiratory Clinic A" (0:55)
  13. "Respiratory Clinic B" (0:20)
  14. "Urology Clinic A" (0:48)
  15. "Urology Clinic B" (0:29)
  16. "Nutrition Clinic A" (0:53)
  17. "Nutrition Clinic B" (0:56)
  18. "Sleep Studies" (0:58)
  19. "Psychiatry" (1:13)
  20. "Gynaecology" (0:53)
  21. "Phobia Medicine" (0:21)
  22. "Well Man Clinic" (1:05)
  23. "Learning Difficulties" (0:25)
  24. "Geriatrics" (0:53)
  25. "Medical School Finance" (0:44)
  26. "Medical School Admissions" (0:48)
  27. "Couples Counselling A" (1:36)
  28. "Couples Counselling B" (0:44)
  29. "Couples Counselling C" (0:47)
  30. "Couples Counselling D" (1:25)
  31. "I Am What I Am" [Bonus track] (2:03)
  32. "London Underground" [Bonus track] (2:04)

Parody information

  1. Masochism Tango 2008 - The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer
  2. Anaesthetist's Hymn - Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
  3. Sheila's Wheels - Theme music from the UK Sheilas' Wheels television advertisements
  4. Finals Fantasy - I Know Him So Well by Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige from Chess
  5. Beautiful Song - You're Beautiful by James Blunt
  6. King of the Dead - Bad Day by Daniel Powter
  7. New Man Song - I'm like a Bird by Nelly Furtado
  8. Libel Case - Grace Kelly by Mika
  9. Paediatrics - Patience by Take That
  10. Information Technology - 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
  11. Department of Surgery - Complicated by Avril Lavigne
  12. Respiratory Clinic A - Easy by Commodores
  13. Respiratory Clinic B - The Girl From Ipanema by Astrud Gilberto
  14. Urology Clinic A - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles
  15. Urology Clinic B - Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles
  16. Nutrition Clinic A - Cannonball by Damien Rice
  17. Nutrition Clinic B - Hallelujah - by Leonard Cohen
  18. Sleep Studies - In Your Eyes by Kylie Minogue
  19. Psychiatry - Sit Down by James
  20. Gynaecology - Tiny Dancer by Elton John
  21. Phobia Medicine - Survivor by Destiny's Child
  22. Well Man Clinic - Don't Know Why by Norah Jones
  23. Learning Difficulties - She's Electric by Oasis
  24. Geriatrics - Girl All the Bad Guys Want by Bowling for Soup
  25. Medical School Finance - Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
  26. Medical School Admissions - You Gotta Be by Des'ree
  27. Couples Counselling A - Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
  28. Couples Counselling B - Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations
  29. Couples Counselling C - Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something
  30. Couples Counselling D - The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book
  31. I Am What I Am - I Am What I Am from La Cage aux Folles
  32. London Underground Remix - Going Underground by The Jam (A new version of London Underground as included on Fitness to Practice album with a significant change to the lyric to include a reference to the 7/7 Underground bomb attacks)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unfit to Practise [Explicit]: Amateur Transplants: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads . Amazon UK . 17 September 2017 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083129/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unfit-Practise-Explicit-Amateur-Transplants/dp/B003ACQ2AC . dead .
  2. Web site: The Psycho Management Company. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024094704/www.psycho.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=16135. 2014-10-24.
  3. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
  4. Web site: Amateur Transplants. Spotify.

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