Ship of Fools

Tracklist

• CD 1: Fear
• 1
  Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
  3:53
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Buffalo Ballet
  3:27
• 3
  Barracuda
  3:47
• 4
  Emily
  4:22
• 5
  Ship of Fools
  4:37
  2.5 ★
• 6
  Gun
  8:04
• 7
  The Man Who Couldn’t Afford to Orgy
  4:34
• 8
  You Know More Than I Know
  3:35
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Momamma Scuba
  4:27
• 10
  Sylvia Said
  4:09
• CD 2: Slow Dazzle
• 1
  Mr. Wilson
  3:17
• 2
  Taking It All Away
  2:59
• 3
  Dirty-Ass Rock 'n' Roll
  4:44
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Darling I Need You
  3:39
• 5
  Rollaroll
  3:59
• 6
  Heartbreak Hotel
  3:14
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Ski Patrol
  2:09
• 8
  I'm Not the Loving Kind
  3:10
• 9
  Guts
  3:27
• 10
  The Jeweller
  5:10
• 11
  All I Want Is You
  2:56
• 12
  Bamboo Floor
  3:25
• 13
  The Jeweller (alternate version)
  4:13
• CD 3: Helen of Troy
• 1
  My Maria
  3:50
• 2
  Helen of Troy
  4:14
  5.0 ★
• 3
  China Sea
  2:30
• 4
  Engine
  2:46
• 5
  Save Us
  2:21
• 6
  Cable Hogue
  3:30
• 7
  I Keep a Close Watch
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Pablo Picasso
  3:19
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Leaving It Up to You
  4:34
• 10
  Baby What You Want Me to Do?
  4:49
• 11
  Sudden Death
  4:42
• 12
  Coral Moon
  2:17
• 13
  You & Me
  2:52
• 14
  Mary Lou
  2:48

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Release credits

• Archie Legget
  bass guitar [1-10]
• Ben Wiseman
  re
• Brian Eno
  executive [1-10], synthesizer
• Brian Turrington
  bass guitar [9]
• Bryn Haworth
  slide guitar [9]
• Chris Spedding
  guitar [2.1-13, 3.1-14]
• Chris Thomas
  electric piano [1-13], violin [1-13]
• Doreen Chanter
  background vocals [1-10]
• Freddie Smith
  drums (drum set) [1-10]
• Geoff Muldaur
  other vocals [4, 9]
• Gerry Conway
  drums (drum set) [1-13]
• Irene Chanter
  background vocals [1-10]
• John Cale
  arranger [2-5, 7-8, 10-13], bass guitar [2-4, 7-10], clavinet [2-5, 7-8, 10-13], guitar [3.1-5, 3.8, 3.10-14, 1.2-4, 1.7-10], keyboard [3.1-5, 3.8, 3.10-14, 1.2-4, 1.7-10], organ [2-5, 7-8, 10-13], piano [2-5, 7-8, 10-13], producer, vocal [2.2-5, 2.7-8, 2.10-13, 3.1-5, 3.8, 3.10-14, 1.2-4, 1.7-10]
• John Wood
  engineer [1.1-10, 2.1-13], executive [2.1-13, 3.1-14], mix [1-10]
• Judy Nylon
  task [1-14]
• Liza Strike
  background vocals [1-10]
• Mark Powell
  compiler, task
• Michael Desmarais
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Pat Donaldson
  bass [1-14], bass guitar [1-13]
• Phil Collins
  drums (drum set) [1-14]
• Phil Manzanera
  executive [1-10], guitar [1.1-10, 2.1-13], slide guitar [9]
• Richard Thompson
  guest [9], slide guitar [9]
• Timi Donald
  drums (drum set) [3.1-14, 2.1-13]
• Tony Secunda
  executive [6]
• Victor Gamm
  engineer [1-13], mix [1-14]
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Issues

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  Ship of Fools

  3x CD
  16 August 2024