Remember You're a Womble
| Remember You're a Womble | ||||
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| Released | July 1974 | |||
| Recorded | February 1974 | |||
| Studio | Wessex, London | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop, pop rock, novelty, surf rock | |||
| Length | 32:24 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Mike Batt | |||
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| Singles from Remember You're a Womble | ||||
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Remember You're a Womble was the second album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by Mike Batt (vocals/keyboards) with session musicians Chris Spedding (guitars), Les Hurdle (bass), Clem Cattini (drums), Ray Cooper (percussion), Rex Morris (saxophone), Eddie Mordue (saxophone) and Jack Rothstein (violin).
After the success of the first album, Wombling Songs, Batt experimented with more character-based songs in a variety of musical styles. He described it as "really the first proper album for The Wombles as a group".[1] The styles included pop, rock, calypso, classical (the music of "Minuetto Allegretto" was based on Mozart's Symphony No.41) and surf rock in the style of the Beach Boys.
The songs also developed the Womble characters further, for example "Wellington Goes To Waterloo" described Wellington Womble taking a rare day off and visiting London Waterloo station for a bit of trainspotting.
It was released in the US with a different tracklist, which added four songs from the previous album, Wombling Songs.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks credited to Mike Batt on the LP label. However, other credits do exist as detailed below (source unknown).
Side One
[edit]- Remember You're a Womble (Mike Batt, Chris Spedding) - 3:07
- Minuetto Allegretto (Batt, Spedding) - 3:33
- Non-Stop Wombling Summer Party (Batt, Spedding, Felicity White) - 4:00
- Wombling in the Rain (Batt, Spedding, Paul Peterson) - 3:54
- Womble Burrow Boogie (Batt, Spedding, Ian Hawkins) - 2:58
Side Two
[edit]- Wellington Goes to Waterloo (Batt, Spedding, Edward Seymour) - 3:30
- The Return of Cousin Yellowstone (Batt, Spedding, Richard Kelly) - 3:06
- The Womble Square Dance (Batt, Spedding, Hawkins) - 3:12
- Wimbledon Sunset (Interlude) (Batt) - 1:48
- Banana Rock (Batt, Spedding, Seymour) - 3:16
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[2][3] | 18 |
References
[edit]- ^ Kim Cooper; David Smay; Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. pp. 159. ISBN 0-922915-69-5.
- ^ "The Wombles at Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ Neil Warwick; Jon Kutner; Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
