Jane from Occupied Europe

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Jane From Occupied Europe
Jane From Occupied Europe cover
Studio album by Swell Maps
Released 1980 (re-release 1989)
Recorded June 1979 - May 1980 (WMRS, Leamington Spa), except "Mining Villages" July 1977 ("at home"), "Epic's Trip" & "Big Empty Field (No. 2)" March 1980 (London)
Genre Post punk
Length 44:17
Label Rough Trade Records
Producer Swell Maps
Professional reviews
Swell Maps chronology
A Trip to Marineville
(1979)		 Jane From Occupied Europe
(1980)

Jane From Occupied Europe is the second album by British post-punk group Swell Maps. The original 1980 issue of the album contained the first fourteen tracks, and the reissue in 1989 by Mute Records added eight bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original Album

  1. "Robot Factory" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:23
  2. "Let's Buy a Bridge" (Sudden) – 1:53
  3. "Border Country" (Sudden) – 2:10
  4. "Cake Shop Girl" (retitled "Cake Shop") (Head) – 2:26
  5. "The Helicopter Spies" (Sudden) – 4:17
  6. "Big Maz in the Desert" (Swell Maps) – 5:07
  7. "Big Empty Field" (Soundtracks/Earl) – 3:44
  8. "Mining Villages" (Soundtracks) – 1:04
  9. "Collision with a Frogman..." (Swell Maps) – 3:41
  10. "...vs. The Mangrove Delta Plan" (Swell Maps) – 4:23
  11. "Secret Island" (Sudden) – 4:23
  12. "Whatever Happens Next..." (Sudden) – 2:59
  13. "Blenheim Shots" (Sudden) – 3:41
  14. "A Raincoat's Room" (retitled "Raining in My Room") (Soundtracks) – 1:42

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Let's Build a Car" (Sudden) – 3:06
  2. "Epic's Trip" (Soundtracks) – 0:55
  3. "...uh..." (Swell Maps) – 0:31
  4. "Secret Island" (instrumental) (Sudden) – 6:27
  5. "Amphitheatres" (Swell Maps) – 2:56
  6. "Big Empty Field" (No. 2) (Soundtracks/Earl) – 2:59
  7. "The Stairs are Like an Avalanche" (Swell Maps) – 4:04
  8. "...then Poland" (Swell Maps) – 0:52

[edit] Personnel

  • Epic Soundtracks – drums, piano, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, violin, guitars, sax, concrete, typewriter
  • Nikki Sudden – vocals, guitar, organ, toys, handclaps, bass, piano
  • Jowe Head – bass, sax, guitar, toys, vocals
  • Richard Earl – guitar, organ, toys, vocals, handclaps, bass
  • David Barrington – guitar, violin, kazoo, vocals, bass
  • John Cockrill - handclaps and vocals on track 5
  • Barry Gray – organ on track 2