Desperate Straights

Tracklist

• 1
  Some Questions About Hats
  1:50
  5.0 ★
• 2
  The Owl
  2:14
• 3
  A Worm Is at Work
  1:52
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Bad Alchemy
  3:06
• 5
  Europa
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Desperate Straights
  4:14
• 7
  Riding Tigers
  1:43
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Apes in Capes
  2:14
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Strayed
  1:53
• 10
  Giants
  1:57
• 11
  Excerpt From the Messiah
  1:48
• 12
  In the Sickbay
  2:08
• 13
  Caucasian Lullaby
  8:16

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Release credits

• Anthony Moore
  piano
• Chris Cutler
  membranophone
• Dagmar Krause
  vocal, organ [12]
• Fred Frith
  guitar, violin
• Geoff Leigh
  flute
• Henry Cow
  arranger, producer, producer [1-10, 12]
• John Greaves
  bass, piano [4]
• Lindsay Cooper
  bassoon, oboe
• Mongezi Feza
  guest, trumpet
• Muchsin Campbell
  French horn, guest
• Nick Evans
  guest, trombone
• Peter Blegvad
  guitar, vocal
• Pierre Moerlen
  guest [5], percussion [5]
• Simon Heyworth
  arranger, producer, producer [1-10, 12]
• Slapp Happy
  arranger, producer
• Tim Hodgkinson
  clarinet, piano [13]
• Show all credits (16)

Issues

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  D
  (Combined release view)
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  D
  Desperate Straights

  12" Vinyl
  21 February 1975
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  D
  Desperate Straights

  CD
  2004