An unofficial Spinal Tap discography...

This is something I've been working on for a few years now - an attempt to fill out Spinal Tap's entire discography, using titles that not only suit the mentality of the band, but whatever style they adopted at the time.

Of course, this is nothing more than my own vision of these albums, but I thought someone might find it interesting. :-)

(Though, credit where it's due - titles marked with '*' stem from Bernard Anderson's site 'Maximum Tap'.)


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SPINAL TAP SINGS "(LISTEN TO THE) FLOWER PEOPLE" AND OTHER FAVORITES
(Megaphone, 1967)

SIDE ONE
1) (Listen To The) Flower People
2) Break Like The Wind
3) Green Leaves / Our Hideaway*
4) Red Robin*
5) A Good Different Thing*
6) Rainy Day Sun [removed from line-up]
7) (Again With The) Flower People

SIDE TWO
1) Have A Nice Death
2) Gimme Some Money [added to US version]
3) Cups and Cakes [added to US version]


WE ARE ALL FLOWER PEOPLE
(Megaphone, 1968)

SIDE ONE
1) We Are All Flower People
2) Get Me Away From The Ground
3) An Astounding Aerial Escapade
4) To Fly
5) Cloud Cover Light (Prepare for Takeoff)

SIDE TWO
1) I Am Flight
2) Aerially Dynamic
3) Red Skies At Noon
4) Cloud Cover Dense (Prepare for Collision)
5) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody


THE INCREDIBLE FLIGHT OF ICARUS P. ANYBODY
(budget album - Megaphone, 1969)

SIDE ONE
1) Get Me Away From The Ground
2) An Astounding Aerial Escapade
3) To Fly
4) Cloud Cover Light (Prepare for Takeoff)

SIDE TWO
1) I Am Flight
2) Aerially Dynamic
3) Red Skies At Noon
4) Cloud Cover Dense (Prepare for Collision)
5) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody


SILENT BUT DEADLY
(live - Megaphone, 1969)

SIDE ONE
1) Short 'n' Sweet

SIDE TWO
1) Breakfast of Evil
2) Silent But Deadly


BRAINHAMMER
(Megaphone #NLA184, 1970)

SIDE ONE
1) Big Bottom
2) Springtime
3) Lie Back and Take It
4) Swallow My Love
5) Brainhammer

SIDE TWO
1) Shackle 'n' Stone
2) Child of Squatney
3) Hey Buddha [instrumental]
4) Death Warrior
5) Stonehenge [original version]

[There is a 1970 interview with Nigel in which he mentions 'Stonehenge,' so it's certainly possible that an early version could've existed at this time.]


NERVE DAMAGE
(Megaphone, 1971)

SIDE ONE
1) Nerve Damage
2) A Sting in the Tail
3) Pity No Prisoner
4) Glandlocked
5) Flaming Red Taxi

SIDE TWO
1) Plant the Demon Seed
2) Fear of a Black Strap
3) Miss Scarlet [also known as "Cluedo-sex"]
4) Calm Lydia (Can't Catch Me)
5) Snake Shake Boogie [instrumental]


BLOOD TO LET
(Megaphone, 1972)

SIDE ONE
1) Blood To Let
2) Brain Drain*
3) Feel the Flesh
4) Razor Blade Love
5) Sally She-Devil

SIDE TWO
1) Ring Around the Ribcage
2) Swinging Blade (Cut Me Down To Size Again)
3) Handshake with Hades
4) Crimsonfinger
5) The Eve of the Day


INTRAVENUS DE MILO
(Megaphone #DST2891, 1974)

SIDE ONE
1) Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
2) Intravenus de Milo
3) Saliva of the Fittest
4) Women Are A Piece Of Cake
5) My Axe Collection

SIDE TWO
1) Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
2) Nice 'n' Stinky
3) Eye of the Snake
4) Hell's Children
5) Tease Me, Squeeze Me


THE SUN NEVER SWEATS
(Megaphone #DS201, 1975)

SIDE ONE
1) Mighty Ouroboros (Prologue)
2) Daze Of Knights Of Old
3) The Princess and the Unicorn
4) The Garden of Mists
5) The Obelisk
6) The Sun Never Sweats

SIDE TWO
1) Devil Take the Hindmost
2) Nocturnal Mission [instrumental]
3) Stonehenge
4) Mighty Ouroboros (Epilogue)


JAP HABIT
(live - Megaphone, 1975)

[UK VERSION:]
SIDE ONE
1) Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
2) Intravenus de Milo
3) Saliva of the Fittest
4) Swallow My Love
5) Big Bottom

SIDE TWO
1) Gimme Some Money
2) (Listen To The) Flower People
3) Break Like The Wind
4) We Are All Flower People
5) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody

SIDE THREE
1) Brainhammer
2) Lie Back and Take It
3) Nerve Damage
4) Blood To Let
5) Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare

SIDE FOUR
1) Band Intros
2) Nice 'n' Stinky
3) Silent But Deadly
4) Heavy Duty

SIDE FIVE
1) Daze Of Knights Of Old
2) The Sun Never Sweats
3) Devil Take The Hindmost
4) Nocturnal Mission [instrumental]
5) Stonehenge

SIDE SIX (ENCORES)
1) Rockin' Robin
2) Short 'n' Sweet

[US VERSION:]
SIDE ONE
1) Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
2) Intravenus de Milo
3) Swallow My Love
4) Big Bottom
5) (Listen To The) Flower People

SIDE TWO
1) Break Like The Wind
2) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody
3) Brainhammer
4) Blood To Let
5) Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare

SIDE THREE
1) Daze Of Knights Of Old
2) The Sun Never Sweats
3) Devil Take The Hindmost
4) Nocturnal Mission [instrumental]
5) Stonehenge

SIDE FOUR
1) Band Intros
2) Nice 'n' Stinky
3) Heavy Duty
4) Short 'n' Sweet [edit]


BENT FOR THE RENT
(Megaphone, 1976)

SIDE ONE
1) When A Man Looks Like A Woman
2) High Heels, Hot Wheels
3) Heavy Duty
4) Cardiff Cutie Cruisin' ['Cleveland Cutie Cruisin'' on US pressing]
5) Bent For The Rent

SIDE TWO
1) Stinkin' Up The Great Outdoors
2) Panties and Lipstick
3) Leather Lucy
4) High School Ball
5) Stay Out of Angela


TAP DANCING
(Megaphone, 1976)

SIDE ONE
1) Tap Dancing
2) Big Bottom
3) Heavy Duty
4) High Heels, Hot Wheels
5) Stonehenge

SIDE TWO
1) Tap Dancing [reprise]
2) Break Like The Wind
3) (Listen To The) Flower People
4) Short 'n' Sweet

[All tracks are disco-flavored remakes, save the new title track.]


ROCK AND ROLL CREATION
(Megaphone #NLA1249, 1977)

SIDE ONE
1) Rock and Roll Creation Suite
* a) When There Was Darkness
* b) Rock and Roll Creation
* c) The Answer Is Clear

SIDE TWO
1) Young, Smug and Famous
2) Death On A Stick
3) Cock a Doodle
4) Dusty Devils (In Dirty Drawers)
5) Silence the Rock, Suffer the Roll


SHARK SANDWICH
(Polymer #D18892, 1980)

SIDE ONE
1) Shark Sandwich
2) No Place Like Nowhere
3) Throb Detector
4) Devil In A Hairpiece
5) Ride the Pink Stallion

SIDE TWO
1) Sex Farm
2) Scratch 'n' Sniff
3) Feel Me Up, Feel Me Down
4) The Wetter The Better
5) No One's Watching (But The Moon)
+ 'Satan's Salacious Sandwich' [unlisted, instrumental reprise of title track]


SMELL THE GLOVE
(Polymer, 1982)

SIDE ONE
1) Hell Hole
2) Chrome Plated Mistress
3) Greasin' the Beast
4) Tooth In Nail 'n' Wound In Plaster
5) Blistered Sisters

SIDE TWO
1) Smell the Glove
2) Red Hot Breezes (Satan's Sneezes)
3) Penetrating Eyes
4) Hell Hath No Heartburn


HEAVY METAL MEMORIES
(compilation - Metalhouse #D404, 1983)

SIDE ONE
1) Hell Hole
2) Sex Farm
3) Stonehenge [1975 version - single edit]
4) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody
5) Blood To Let

SIDE TWO
1) Big Bottom [1982 synth version]
2) Brainhammer
3) Silent But Deadly [single edit]
4) Bent For The Rent
5) Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight

SIDE THREE
1) Break Like The Wind
2) Cups And Cakes
3) Rainy Day Sun
4) (Listen To The) Flower People
5) Heavy Duty

SIDE FOUR
1) The Sun Never Sweats
2) (Again With The) Flower People
3) Nice 'n' Stinky [live]
4) Rock and Roll Creation [single edit]
5) Gimme Some Money


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Of course, Tap's later three albums (the 'This Is Spinal Tap' soundtrack, Break Like The Wind, and Back From The Dead) are still available, thus not requiring discussion.

Summer wistfulness....

You know what I just realized is a nice feeling?

Spending time on a blazing hot summer day in an icy cold, perfectly air conditioned store. And I mean, a big store, like a Wal-Mart, where the chilly air is complemented by the chatter of a dozen televisions and the beeping of price scanners.

Even if you don't buy something, who cares? It's pleasant.

:-)