''Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends'' is a compilation album published by Org Records, the

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associated with the ''

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, and All My Eye and Betty Martin Music. It collects recent songs by

Cardiacs Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (lead guitar and vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band's sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval ...

and associated projects featuring

Tim Smith Tim, Timothy or Timmy Smith may refer to: Musicians * T. V. Smith (born 1956), British singer and songwriter *Tim Smith (Cardiacs) (1961–2020), English singer-songwriter and frontman of Cardiacs *Timmy Trumpet (born 1982), Australian DJ and prod ...

, including

Spratleys Japs Tim Smith's Spratleys Rats, more commonly known by their original name Spratleys Japs, is an English psychedelic rock band formed by Cardiacs leader Tim Smith and Joanne Spratley in 1998. The band changed their name in 2021 to distance thems ...

, the Sea Nymphs and '' OceanLandWorld'' (1995). Other acts include Mikrokosmos (

Bic Hayes Christian David "Bic" Hayes (born 10 June 1964) is an English rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Best known as the frontman of Dark Star and guitarist with Levitation, he has also released solo material as Mikrokosmos, which was produced b ...

), Catherine in a Cupboard ( Bob Leith and Jim Smith), Lake of Puppies (

William D. Drake William Derek Drake (born 7 February 1962) is an English musician, keyboardist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a former member of the cult English rock band Cardiacs, whom he played with for nine years between 1983 ...

) and solo tracks by Drake,

Mark Cawthra Mark Cawthra is an English musician and record producer working in the UK. He was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Biography Cawthra's first serious musical activity was in an early (unnamed) music project with schoolfriend ...

and

Jon Poole Jonathan Charles Poole (born 16 October 1969), also known by his stage name Random Jon Poole, is an English multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as guitarist for Cardiacs and as bass player for the Wildhea ...

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends'' liner notes. *

– compilation *Marina Anthony – artwork

Notes

References

Cardiacs compilation albums 2001 compilation albums {{2001-rock-album-stub