artist/brand-x-mn0000614982">Brand X is guilty of going through the motions on Do They Hurt? At this juncture inwards artist/brand-x-mn0000614982">Brand X's career, artist/john-goodsall-mn0000228772">John Goodsall together with artist/percy-jones-mn0000308478">Percy Jones are the original forces, amongst artist/phil-collins-mn0000337119">Phil Collins, artist/morris-pert-mn0000990481">Morris Pert, together with artist/robin-lumley-mn0000834822">Robin Lumley reduced to a twosome of cameos. artist/peter-robinson-mn0001186263">Peter Robinson, who adopts artist/lumley-mn0000834822">Lumley's exercise of providing dreamy keyboards, together with drummer artist/mike-clarke-mn0001554227">Mike Clarke selection upward the slack good enough, though artist/john-giblin-mn0000224991">John Giblin appears exclusively on ane rail (the company if predictably Goodsallian "Voidarama"). The album's strongest rail is artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall's "Cambodia," which features his mesmerizing arpeggios together with heroic guitar leads inwards a company progressive stone instrumental. Little else on Do They Hurt? sounds improve than outtakes from previous efforts, however. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" together with "Triumphant Limp" are under-inspired efforts from artist/percy-jones-mn0000308478">Percy Jones; "Fragile!" (cowritten yesteryear artist/jones-mn0001675339">Jones together with Robinson) lacks the marimba-laden magic that made "Disco Suicide" together with thus interesting. The album's close intriguing, together with inwards many ways frustrating, rail is "Act of Will," some other endeavour at a popular crossover from artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall that squanders a skillful tune yesteryear employing heavily treated (and barely intelligible) vocals from the guitarist. The record's terminal song, "D.M.Z.," is petty to a greater extent than than a example of noodling but about inwards a familiar environment. Over the years, artist/goodsall-mn0000228772">Goodsall together with artist/jones-mn0001675339">Jones possess got developed unique compositional styles -- ane brain volition let on who wrote what. But it's all been done improve on before albums; without the eclectic approach of Product, Do They Hurt? reveals itself to hold upward petty to a greater extent than than a retread of before ideas. Of child interest, artist/monty-python-mn0000492670">Monty Python alumnus artist/michael-palin-mn0000395334">Michael Palin provides mildly amusing liner notes.
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Noddy Goes To Sweden (4:30)
2. Voidarama (4:25)
3. Act of Will (4:44)
4. Fragile! (5:26)
5. Kingdom of Cambodia (4:30)
6. Triumphant Limp (7:28)
7. D.M.Z. (8:37)
Total Time: 39:40
Line-up / Musicians
- Percy Jones / bass on (1,3,4,5,7), vocals on (1)
- Peter Robinson / keyboards, tam-tam on (5,6)
- Michael Clarke / drums on (1,3,4,5,7)
- John Goodsall / guitar on (2,3,5,6,7), vocals on (3)
- John Giblin / bass on (2,6)
- Phil Collins / drums on (2,6)
- Robin Lumley / keyboards on (2,6)
Notes
- Robin Lumley (2002): "To this 24-hour interval I tin forcefulness out proudly count Michael Palin together with Terry Jones every bit skillful pals! I got Mike to practise the sleeve notes on "Do They Hurt ?" (which is itself a business from Holy Grail (witch sequence)... He wanted 25 pence for writing the notes... Charisma didn't pay him together with thus he threatened to sue! (a joke of course)".
- "Act of Will" is sung through a vocoder. John Goodsall himself said, inwards a somebody e-mail, that at that topographic point were never whatever written lyrics. Various attempts possess got been made to puzzle out what he is saying, but the words are probable similar to Masoko Tanga yesteryear The Police together with are non ever words.
- This album consists of out-takes from the Product sessions. Because "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was included on this album, the vocal "Pool Room Blues" gains the distinction of beingness the exclusively non-album Brand X song.
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