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by British

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group

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, originally released in 1979. It features primary member

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back once again on drums following his absence on ''

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''. Drummer Mike Clark and bassist

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also appear on this album.

Track listing

''LP''

Side one

# "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:28 # "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:50 # "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:38 # "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:29

Side two

# "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:10 # "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 3:59 # "Wal to Wal / Not Good Enough - See Me!" – 10:44 ## "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) ## "Not Good Enough - See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) # "April" (Giblin) – 2:36

''CD''

# "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:31 # "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:49 # "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:40 # "Not Good Enough-See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:29 # "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:08 # "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 4:00 # "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:14 # "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:28 # "April" (Giblin) – 2:08

Personnel

;except on "Dance of the Illegal Aliens"; "Wal to Wal"; "Not Good Enough - See Me!" * Keyboards, Sounds unfire, Chainsaw–

Robin Lumley Robin Lumley is a British jazz fusion musician, keyboardist, record producer, and author who was a member of the band Brand X with drummer Phil Collins, guitarist John Goodsall, and bassist Percy Jones. He is a second cousin of the actress Joa ...

* Guitar –

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* Bass –

* Drums, Percussion, Vocals –

;on "Dance of the Illegal Aliens"; "Not Good Enough - See Me!" * Keyboards, Sounds unfire Vocals – Peter Robinson * Guitar, Vocals – John Goodsall * Bass – Percy Jones * Drums – Mike Clark * Percussion –

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;on "Wal to Wal" * Bass – John Giblin * Bass – Percy Jones * Drums, Drum Machine – Phil Collins

Notes

* The song "Wal to Wal" is the first recorded song on which Phil Collins used a

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drum machine. (The first recorded Genesis song on which he used a drum machine is "

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".) * Both "Don't Make Waves" and "Soho" were released as singles and feature Phil Collins on vocals. * The non-album songs "Pool Room Blues" and "Noddy Goes to Sweden" were outtakes from the ''Product'' sessions and used as B-sides to one of the singles. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was also used on the 1980 album release of ''Do They Hurt?'' * Various releases of the album switch the tracks "...And So to F..." and "Not Good Enough - See Me!"

References

1979 albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Brand X albums Albums produced by Neil Kernon Charisma Records albums Passport Records albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub