''Bad Shave'' was the second of five albums of home-made recordings, released by
Stephen Jones under the name 'Baby Bird' in 1995.
It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD
box set
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Music
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The Original Lo-Fi''. The version of the album released as part of ''
The Original Lo-Fi'' contains the additional tracks "Past Lasts Longer" and "Why?".
Critical reception
"...unique, customised but never self-indulgent or irritatingly inaccessible. It's as off as it's beautiful, as rich as it's lo fi... imagine
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emerging, blinking and bearded,
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like, after years in the darkness and you'll have some idea of the deeply, deeply English yet marvellously, utterly alien world of Baby Bird." –
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Track listing
All tracks written and composed by
Stephen Jones.
#"KW Jesus TV Roof Appeal" – 3:58
#"Bad Jazz" – 3:06
#"Too Handsome to Be Homeless" – 3:23
#"Steam Train" – 2:36
#"Bad Shave" – 3:18
#"Oh My God You're a King" – 2:52
#"The Restaurant Is Guilty" – 1:49
#"Valerie" – 2:16
#"Shop Girl" – 3:41
#"W.B.T." – 3:54
#"Hate Song" – 2:16
#"45 & Fat" – 2:41
#"Sha Na Na" – 2:41
#"Bug in a Breeze" – 3:56
#"It's Okay" – 2:27
#"Happy Bus" – 2:30
#"Swinging from Tree to Tree" – 2:35
Personnel
*
Stephen Jones – Producer, Played By, Design
*Baby Bird – Engineer
*P. Blakeman – Engineer
*Ded Associates – Design
References
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1995 albums
Babybird albums