Skite (album)
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| Released | September 8, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | May 27, 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London | |||
| Genre | Comedy rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 37:04 | |||
| Label | Logo | |||
| Producer | Chaz Jankel | |||
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Skite is the third studio album by Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, released on September 8, 1978. The album was produced by Ian Dury and the Blockheads keyboardist and guitarist Chaz Jankel. Recorded in May 1978, the album was Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias' first studio album released following the success of 1977's Italians from the Outer Space, which included the UK Top 40 single "Old Trust".
The music on Skite is built around sendups of pop and rock music of the late-1970s, featuring sendups of ABBA, Robyn Hitchcock, Status Quo, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Pink Floyd, Nick Lowe, The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers and Devo. The album also features reggae version of Pete Seeger's Where Have All the Flowers Gone and doo-wop version of Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the U.K..
Despite a mixed critical reception, Skite sold well and peaked at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart. The album produced one of Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias's more famous singles, "Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie", a sendup of Status Quo and "Juan Lopez (The Lonely Goatherd)", a sendup of ABBA; "Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing[change | change source]
| No. | Title | Sendup of | Length |
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| 1. | "Juan Lopez (The Lonely Goatherd)" | Style parody of ABBA | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Mother Superior" | Style parody of Robyn Hitchcock | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" | Reggae cover version of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie" | Style parody of Status Quo | 2:40 |
| 5. | "23" | Style parody of Ian Dury and the Blockheads | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Peter Parker" | Style parody of Pink Floyd | 5:05 |
| 7. | "Rockin' Savyer" | Style parody of Nick Lowe | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Thank You" | Style parody of The Buzzcocks | 2:15 |
| 9. | "No More Conservatives" | Style parody of The Stranglers | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Doo-wop version of "Anarchy in the U.K." by Sex Pistols | 2:25 |
| 11. | "God is Mad" | Style parody of Devo | 3:40 |
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