''Shhh'' is the fifth studio album by British band

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. It was originally written and recorded as ''Jesus H. Christ,'' an album that relied heavily on

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s."Shhh" album booklet The band was unable to procure rights to a number of the songs they sampled, however, and the album was largely re-worked to defend artistic intent and criticize

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. The album sleeve artwork itself incorporated various rejection letters received by the band denying the rights to the ''Christ'' samples. ''Shhh'' is considered by many to be a "genre landmark." The album was re-released with ''

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'' in the compilation ''Shhhlap!'', released by

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on July 15, 2003.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Chumbawamba, except where noted.

Original ''Jesus H. Christ'' track listing

Other ''Shhh''-era tracks

* "

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" – A-side. A remake of the track from ''

'', available in two versions – the Rondo Mix and the Cass Mix. The Cass Mix includes a clip of Spinal Tap's Viv Savage saying his motto, "Have a good time, all the time." This would later reappear in the lyrics of "Look! No Strings!". * "Laughing" – B-side to above. Essentially a variation on "I Never Gave Up", this was re-recorded with a new chorus to become the title track of ''Shhh''. * "Behave" – A-side. Similar to the album version, albeit with a full set of new lyrics. The single included three mixes – an original version, the Brittle Mix, and a hidden version containing only voice and percussion. * "Misbehave" – B-side to above, no relation to its similarly titled counterpart. Both an original version and the Brittle Mix were included on the single. * "Harry's Ambient Mantra" – Not quite a ''Shhh''-era track; actually recorded in the transition period between ''Shhh'' and ''Anarchy''. This would have been the B-side to "Hat Trick for Harry," an unreleased single track whose ending section appeared as "Blackpool Rock" on ''Anarchy''. However, this track bore no relation to the A-side, being a lengthy ambient remix of "Happiness Is Just a Chant Away." While never officially released in full, a small portion appeared as a hidden track on the ''Uneasy Listening'' compilation.

Personnel

* Lou Watts – vocals, keyboard * Alice Nutter – vocals, habit, rabbit * Danbert Nobacon – vocals, elastic band, foam * Mavis Dillon – bass guitar, vocals, trumpet * Harry Hamer – drums, percussion,

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– guitar, vocals, refrigerator *

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– vocals, percussion, hammering ''with'' * Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon – keyboards, accordion, voice * MC Fusion – vocals * Neil Ferguson – guitar, keyboards, engineering * Geoff Slaphead – fiddle * Howard Storey – vocals

References

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