Fegmania!

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Fegmania!
Fegmania! cover
Studio album by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians
Released March 1985
Recorded Alaska Studios
Genre Rock
Length 73:54
Label Slash
Rhino
Producer Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptions
Professional reviews
Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians chronology
I Often Dream of Trains
(1984)		 Fegmania!
(1985)		 Gotta Let This Hen Out!
(1985)

Fegmania! is a 1985 album by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians.

Fegmania! was Robyn Hitchcock's first album with his new backing group, the Egyptians, which included former Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor.

The album is more accessible than some of Hitchcock's earlier solo work and contains several 'pop' style recordings brightened by the treble-heavy guitar mode which would later resurface elsewhere in the Brit-pop vein. Most of the material, some of which was quite old when it was recorded, is up-tempo, lending a lightness to Hitchcock's darkly playful lyrics.

"The Man with the Lightbulb Head" was conceived on London's Archway Road and provided a springboard for Hitchcock's first attempt at film making for a promo video. Stills from the video were reproduced as cover art for the front and back of the LP sleeve.

The album was quickly followed by the live album, Gotta Let This Hen Out!, much of which was recorded on the Egyptians' tour in support of Fegmania!

Eight bonus tracks are added to the subsequent CD reissue of the album, including an acoustic demo of "Insect Mother", which had been recorded for possible inclusion in the earlier I Often Dream of Trains, and "The Pit Of Souls", a lengthy psychedelic instrumental in several 'movements'. Two alternate versions of "Egyptian Cream" also appear as bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock except as indicated.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Egyptian Cream" – 3:33
  2. "Another Bubble" – 2:46
  3. "I'm Only You" – 4:28
  4. "My Wife & My Dead Wife" – 4:19
  5. "Goodnight I Say" – 3:14

[edit] Side two

  1. "The Man with the Lightbulb Head" – 3:05
  2. "Insect Mother" – 1:54
  3. "Strawberry Mind" – 2:50
  4. "Glass" – 3:12
  5. "The Fly" – 3:50
  6. "Heaven" – 4:41

[edit] CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Bells of Rhymney" (Idris Davies, Pete Seeger) – 3:30
  2. "Dwarfbeat" – 3:00
  3. "Some Body" – 3:24
  4. "Egyptian Cream" [demo] – 4:35
  5. "Heaven" [live]
  6. "Insect Mother" [demo] – 4:53
  7. "Egyptian Cream" [live]
  8. "The Pit of Souls (Parts I - IV)" – 1:41

[edit] Personnel

  • Robyn Hitchcock - Vocals, guitars, bass (on "The Man with the Lightbulb Head")
  • Morris Windsor - Drums
  • Andy Metcalfe - Bass, keyboards (on "I'm Only You", "My Wife & My Dead Wife", "Goodnight I Say", "Insect Mother" & "Heaven")
  • Roger Jackson - Keyboards (on "Strawberry Mind", "Glass", "The Fly" & "Heaven")
  • John Kingham - Drums (on "The Man with the Lightbulb Head")