Ultramarine - United Kingdoms
Label:
Catalog#:
4509-93425-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
Aug 1993
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield,
Downtempo
Tracklist
| 1 | Source | 5:37 | ||
| 2 | Kingdom | 4:53 | ||
| 3 | Queen Of The Moon | 5:45 | ||
| 4 | Prince Rock | 4:40 | ||
| 5 | Happy Land | 4:48 | ||
| 6 | Urf | 4:44 | ||
| 7 | English Heritage | 8:53 | ||
| 8 | Instant Kitten | 2:27 | ||
| 9 | The Badger | 6:03 | ||
| 10 | Hooter | 4:48 | ||
| 11 | Dizzy Fox | 8:02 | ||
| 12 | No Time | 4:32 |
Credits
Accordion -
Jim Rattigan
Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmed By - Ian Cooper (2)
Artwork By [Design] - Adrian Nunn & Designland Ltd
Bass, Keyboards, Programmed By - Paul Hammond
Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Saxophone [Soprano] - Jimmy Hastings
Edited By [Digital Editing] - Matthew Denny
Engineer - John Rivers
Engineer [Additional] - James Spencer
Mastered By - Tim Young
Organ [Hammond] - Simon Kay (2)
Percussion [Additional] - Paul Johnson (6)
Photography - Trevor Key
Producer - Ultramarine
Trumpet, Harmonica - Phil James
Violin - Robert Atchison
Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Written-By - Cooper* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 12) , Hammond* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 12) , Wyatt* (tracks: 2, 5, 8)
Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmed By - Ian Cooper (2)
Artwork By [Design] - Adrian Nunn & Designland Ltd
Bass, Keyboards, Programmed By - Paul Hammond
Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Saxophone [Soprano] - Jimmy Hastings
Edited By [Digital Editing] - Matthew Denny
Engineer - John Rivers
Engineer [Additional] - James Spencer
Mastered By - Tim Young
Organ [Hammond] - Simon Kay (2)
Percussion [Additional] - Paul Johnson (6)
Photography - Trevor Key
Producer - Ultramarine
Trumpet, Harmonica - Phil James
Violin - Robert Atchison
Vocals - Robert Wyatt
Written-By - Cooper* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 12) , Hammond* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 12) , Wyatt* (tracks: 2, 5, 8)
Notes
Recorded at Woodbine Studios, Leamington Spa.
Additional recording at Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire.
The booklet features the lyrics to tracks 2 and 5. The lyrics to Kingdom were adapted from The Song Of The Lower Classes by Ernest Jones (c. 1848) while the lyrics to Happy Land were adapted from a parody of a popular patriotic Victorian song of the same name.
Remixes of tracks 5, 6, 9 and 10 were released on the Barefoot EP.
Additional recording at Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire.
The booklet features the lyrics to tracks 2 and 5. The lyrics to Kingdom were adapted from The Song Of The Lower Classes by Ernest Jones (c. 1848) while the lyrics to Happy Land were adapted from a parody of a popular patriotic Victorian song of the same name.
Remixes of tracks 5, 6, 9 and 10 were released on the Barefoot EP.
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Reviews & Discussion
Criminally neglected - it does sound dated but there are many brilliant pop-ambient moments on this disc. "Hooter" is sublime funk. "Happy Land" is mellow, hummable, and classic pop. But the highlight simply must be "English Heritage" for the last few minutes after the fade-out. Such melodic perfection just runs too brief ...
I recently bought Ultramarine's United Kingdoms. 10 years after its initial release the electronic part of this record sounds a bit dated. But in those 10 years nobody ever came near that folky electronic sound that made Ultramarine so special. What does 'dated' really mean then? A forgotten classic.