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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
The Deviants 3 is the third and final album by the UK underground group the Deviants, released in 1969.[3]
Lead vocalist Mick Farren regards the album as the beginning of a divergence between himself and his fellow musicians, stating "I had one idea and the rest of them wanted to be a kind of Led Zeppelin guitar band".[4] Soon after the band would split, with Farren going on to record the Mona – The Carnivorous Circus album.[5] Farren eventually left the music business, while his ex-bandmates continued as the Pink Fairies.
Critical reception
Trouser Press called 3 "harder-rocking and spacier" than the previous albums.[6] Perfect Sound Forever called the album "a much more consistent collection of songs than Disposable", writing that "musically, it tends to be more focused and you can hear that the playing is more solid, which can be good at times, but it also means that the musicians occasionally slip into bland '60's electric blues formalities".[7] Uncut wrote that the Deviants "were beginning to sound like just another heavy rock band".[8]
Track listing
All tracks arranged by The Deviants and composed by Paul Rudolph except where noted.[9]
- "Billy the Monster" – 3:26
- "Broken Biscuits" – 2:10 (D. Sanderson, P. Rudolph, R. Hunter)
- "First Line (Seven the Row)" – 2:44 (D. Sanderson)
- "The People Suite" – 2:24 (The Deviants)
- "Rambling B(l)ack Transit Blues" – 5:37
- "Death of a Dream Machine" – 2:50
- "Playtime" – 3:06
- "Black George Does It with His Tongue" – 1:20
- "The Junior Narco Rangers" – 0:28
- "Lets Drink to the People" – 1:32
- "Metamorphosis Exploration" – 8:57 (D. Sanderson, P. Rudolph, R. Hunter)
Personnel
- Mick Farren – Lead vocals and production
- Paul Rudolph – Guitar, lead vocals and mouth music
- Duncan Sanderson – Bass and vocals
- Russell Hunter – Percussion, vocals and stereo panning
- Additional personnel
- Tony Ferguson – Organ
- Tony Wiggens – Equipment, lead vocal on "First Line"
- David Goodman – Equipment, backing vocals
- Jenny Ashworth – Vocals
- Technical personnel
- Roy Thomas Baker – Engineering
- Victor Gamm – Engineering
- Keith Morris – Photography
- Recording
- Recorded at Morgan Studios and Sound Techniques, London
- Arrangements by The Deviants
Release history
- September 1969, UK, Transatlantic Records, TRA204
- 1999, UK, Castle Communications, ESMCD746, with Mona – The Carnivorous Circus
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 874.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Mick Farren obituary". the Guardian. July 29, 2013.
- ^ The Deviants 3, 1999 CD issue liner notes
- ^ "Mick Farren, of U.K. Proto-Punks the Deviants, Dead at 69 After Onstage Collapse". Spin. July 29, 2013.
- ^ "Social Deviants". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Perfect Sound Forever:". www.furious.com.
- ^ "The Deviants - Ptooff!". June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Album Credits". Discogs. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
External links
- Collectable Records - Original cover