Naked Apes and Pond Life

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2000 studio album by Shriekback

Naked Apes and Pond Life

Studio album by

Shriekback

Released| 2000
Recorded| 1995[1]
Genre| World, electronic rock
Label| Mushroom Records[2]
Producer| Ian Shaw, Markus Dravs
Shriekback chronology
| Sacred City
(1992)  | Naked Apes and Pond Life
(2000)  | Having a Moment
(2003)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]

Naked Apes and Pond Life is the eighth full-length album by Shriekback.[2] The 2000 release was a surprise resurfacing for the band, after many years of quiet.[4] It gathered many songs performed in intimate appearances in London over the preceding years, recorded in the studio by Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds (last seen on 1985's Oil & Gold), as well as Simon Edwards and Mark Raudva.

Many of the tracks are instrumentals, but the strong vocal-led "Berlin" and Big Night Music-esque "Everything's on Fire" are standouts.[original research?]

## Critical reception[edit]

AllMusic wrote that "much of Naked Apes & Pond Life finds Shriekback playing a sort of twisted world music that resembles the organic/electronic mix of Big Night Music, but adds a variety of exotic instruments and percussion."[1]

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Stimulate the Beaded Hamster" - 1:17
2. "Pond Life" - 4:05
3. "Hostage" - 4:12
4. "Invisible Rays" - 3:48
5. "Claxon Bolus" - 1:36
6. "Massive Custard" - 1:44
7. "JP8" - 2:17
8. "Unsong" - 4:50
9. "Berlin" - 4:12
10. "Baby Lion" - 3:00
11. "Everything's on Fire" - 4:26
12. "Keep-Net Stevenson" - 1:42
13. "String, Sedatives, Weaponry" - 3:26
14. "Anal Piss-Machine" - 1:34

## Personnel[edit]

* Barry Andrews \- keyboards, synthesizers, accordion, vocals
* Martyn Barker \- drums, percussion
* Lu Edmonds \- guitar, saz, oud, percussion
* Simon Edwards \- bass, sintir, percussion
* Mark Raudva - bodhrán, didgeridoo, mandolin, percussion

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Naked Apes & Pond Life - Shriekback | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" - via www.allmusic.com.
2. ^ a b "Shriekback | Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7\. MUZE. p. 436.
4. ^ Buckley, Peter (31 August 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 - via Google Books.

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Shriekback

* Barry Andrews
* Martyn Barker
* Carl Marsh

* Dave Allen
* Finn Andrews
* Emma Burnham
* Mike Cozzi
* Lu Edmonds
* Steve Halliwell
* Clare Hirst
* Ivan Julian
* Eve Moon
* Brian Nevill
* Linda Nevill
* Pedro Ortiz
* Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido
* Sarah Partridge
* Wendy Partridge
* Mark Raudva
* Kevin "Doc" Sullivan
* Luc van Acker

Studio albums|

* Tench
* Care
* Jam Science
* Oil and Gold
* Big Night Music
* Go Bang!
* Sacred City
* Naked Apes and Pond Life
* Having a Moment
* Cormorant
* Glory Bumps
* Life in the Loading Bay
* Without Real String or Fish
* Why Anything? Why This?
* Some Kinds of Light

EPs|

* Tench
* Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex
* The Peel Sessions

Compilations|

* The Infinite (The Best of Shriekback)
* Evolution - Best of Shriekback vol. 2
* The Dancing Years
* Natural History - The Very Best of Shriekback
* Priests and Kannibals: The Best of Shriekback
* The Y Records Years
* Aberrations 81-84
* Vicissitudes
* Secrets Of The City
* Island of the Hopeful Monsters
* Peel Sessions And Singularities
* The Elated World

Live albums|

* 2 Live Shows
* Live at Hatfield
* Live At Park West, Chicago '87
* Big Live Band 2017

Singles|

* "Sexthinkone"
* "My Spine Is the Bassline"
* "Lined Up"
* "Working on the Ground"
* "Lined Up (remix)"
* "Hand On My Heart"
* "Mercy Dash"
* "Nemesis"
* "Fish Below the Ice"
* "Gunning for the Buddha"
* "Running on the Rocks"
* "Intoxication"
* "Shark Walk"
* "Get Down Tonight"
* "The Bastard Sons of Enoch"

Video albums|

* Jungle Of The Senses

Related bands|

* Electric Guitars
* Gang of Four
* Happyhead
* King Swamp
* The League of Gentlemen
* Out On Blue Six
* The Veils
* XTC

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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