5013929187320

How Sweet To Be An Idiot

Neil Innes

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Format: CD

Cat No: QCRSEG073

Release Date:  22 May 2020

Label:  Grapefruit / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5013929187320

Genres:  Pop  Humour  

  • Description


    • NEIL INNES’ sad and sudden death in December 2019 robbed the world of one of Britain's most original and unique musical and comic talents.



    • INNES made his name in the 1960s with the BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND before diversifying in the 1970s into TV, Solo and other projects – including the famous and much-loved Beatles pastiche THE RUTLES.



    • HOW SWEET TO BE AN IDIOT was Neil’s debut solo album, first issued on United Artists in 1973, its title and cover design reflecting Neil’s eccentric sense of humour.



    • The album has never been reissued on CD in its original format and sleeve – until now! Cherry Red were working with Neil on this project prior to his tragic death.



    • The package boasts 10 bonus tracks, some of them previously unissued, including the different single arrangement of the album’s title track and various A- and B-sides (including single mixes of the Bonzos’ ‘Slush’ and ‘Music From Rawlinson’s End’ from their album Let's Make Up And Be Friendly).


    R.I.P. NEIL INNES 1944–2019

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Prologue
      • 2. Momma B
      • 3. Immortal Invisible
      • 4. Topless-A-Go-Go
      • 5. Feel No Shame
      • 6. How Sweet To Be An Idiot
      • 7. Dream
      • 8. L'amour Perdu
      • 9. Song For Yvonne
      • 10. This Love Of Ours
      • 11. Singing A Song Is Easy
      • 12. Slush (Single Version)
      • 13. Music From Rawlinson's End (Single Version)
      • 14. How Sweet To Be An Idiot (Single Version)
      • 15. The Age Of Desperation
      • 16. Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues
      • 17. Fluff On The Needle
      • 18. Lie Down And Be Counted
      • 19. Bandwagon
      • 20. What Noise Annoys A Noisy Oyster
      • 21. Oo-Chuck-A-Mao-Mao