''Holidays in Europe (The Naughty Nought)'' is the second and last studio album by the
Iceland
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ic
post-punk
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group
Kukl, released on January 24, 1986, by
Crass Records.
The album has been reissued numerous times: in 1997 by Crass Records, and in 2002, 2004 and 2008 by
One Little Indian Records
One Little Independent Records (formerly One Little Indian Records) is an English independent record label. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarcho-punk bands, and managed by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett. In t ...
.
Production
The album was recorded at
Southern Studios in
London
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between October 1984 and October 1985 and was produced by
Penny Rimbaud of
Crass
Crass were an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977, who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a lifestylism, way of life, and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the ...
and engineered by Mel Jefferson. The album was more complex in comparison to its predecessor ''
The Eye'', with greater use of electronic noise and distorted samples and keyboards.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Kukl
*
Björk (credited as "Bjørk") – vocals
*
Einar Örn Benediktsson (credited as "Einar Ørn") – vocals, trumpet
* Einar Arnaldur Melax (credited as "Melax") – synthesizer, piano
*
Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson
Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson (born 11 December 1954) is an Icelandic musician.
Music career
Early bands
Steinblóm (Stone Flowers) (1969) was his first group. It was a trio formed by Guðlaugur (electric and acoustic guitars), Haraldur Joha ...
(credited as "Gud Krist") – electric strings
* Birgir Mogensen (credited as "Birgir") – bass
*
Sigtryggur Baldursson (credited as "Sigtryggur") – drums
Additional personnel
*
Penny Rimbaud – production
*Mel Jefferson – engineering
*Jamil Sairah – additional vocals
(track 5)
*Sjón (
Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson) – participated in the booklet design, but the early work was subsequently replaced by Einar Ørn and Crass.
References
External links
Website about the history and discography of Kukl
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1986 albums
Kukl (band) albums