''Fourth Wall'' is the second studio album by English rock band the Flying Lizards. It was released in 1981 on

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. The album features numerous collaborators, including

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Reception

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'' called it "well-produced and interesting as individual songs, but it fails to jell as an album".

Track listing

All tracks are composed by David Cunningham except where indicated. Tracks that were originally on side 1 of the LP: #"Lovers and Other Strangers" (David Cunningham,

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, Steve Beresford) #"Glide/Spin" (Cunningham, Palladin) #"In My Lifetime" #"Cirrus" #"A-Train" (Cunningham, Palladin) #"New Voice" Tracks that were originally on side 2 of the LP: #"Hands 2 Take" (Nyman, Cunningham, Palladin) #"An Age" #"Steam Away" #"

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) #"Another Story" #"Lost and Found" (Cunningham, Robert Fripp)

Personnel

- vocals * David Cunningham - effects, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, violin, vocals *Julian Marshall - keyboards, vocals * J.J. Johnson - drums with: *

- guitar on "Glide/Spin" and "Lost and Found" *

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- bass, guitar, keyboards on "Lovers and Other Strangers" * Peter Gordon - saxophone on "Glide/Spin" * Val Haller - bass on "In My Lifetime" and "A-Train" *

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- saxophone on "A-Train" *Cheryl Lewis - vocals on "New Voice" *

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

- piano on "Hands 2 Take" *Keith Thompson - baritone saxophone on "Hands 2 Take" *Ben Grove - bass on "Hands 2 Take" *Steve Saunders - trombone on "Hands 2 Take" *Anne Barnard - horns on "Hands 2 Take" *Edward Pillinger, Rory Allam - bass clarinet on "Hands 2 Take" *Lucie Skeaping, Nick Hayley -

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on "Hands 2 Take" ;Technical *Al Williams, Dave Hunt, John Strudwick, Rob Doran - engineer *David Cunningham, Laurie-Rae Chamberlain - artwork

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1981 albums The Flying Lizards albums Virgin Records albums