Office Politics

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Queuejumper
  3:07
• 2
  Office Politics
  4:02
• 3
  Norman and Norma
  3:45
• 4
  Absolutely Obsolete
  4:13
• 5
  Infernal Machines
  3:04
• 6
  You’ll Never Work in This Town Again
  4:11
• 7
  Psychological Evaluation
  2:39
• 8
  The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale
  3:50
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  The Life and Soul of the Party
  3:28
• 2
  A Feather in Your Cap
  4:00
• 3
  I’m a Stranger Here
  4:38
• 4
  Dark Days Are Here Again
  3:15
• 5
  Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  4:51
• 6
  ‘Opportunity’ Knox
  3:43
• 7
  After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  3:46
• 8
  When the Working Day Is Done
  4:13
• Digital Media 3: Swallows and Amazons – The Original Piano Demos
• 1
  Whistle for a Wind
  6:04
• 2
  The Swallow
  6:21
• 3
  The Conquering Heroes
  4:23
• 4
  Fighting Swallow
  1:15
• 5
  The Amazon Pirates
  3:42
• 6
  The Parley
  3:49
• 7
  Better Drowned Than Duffers
  3:24
• 8
  Let’s Make the Best of It
  4:00
• 9
  Navy Stroke
  3:00
• 10
  Like Robinson Crusoe
  3:48
• 11
  Titty’s Dream
  4:10
• 12
  The Conquering Heroes, Victory Chorus
  1:55
• 13
  The Black Spot
  3:22
• 14
  The Parley – Flint’s Apology
  3:26
• 15
  Swallows and Amazons Forever
  2:57

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Release credits

• Alison Dods
  violin [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Andrew Skeet
  background vocals [1.1, 2.1, 2.4-6], drums (drum set) [1], electric piano [3], handclaps [2.1, 2.5, 1.1], piano [1.3-4, 2.3-8], sampler [5], synthesizer [8], whistling [6]
• Ber Quinn
  background vocals [1], engineer [1.1, 1.4-8, 2.3-6], mix [7], synthesizer [8]
• Bruce White
  viola [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Caroline Dale
  cello [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Cathy Davey
  guest [4]
• Chris Difford
  guest [4]
• Chris Worsey
  cello [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Daniel Newell
  trumpet [3, 7-8]
• David Pyatt
  French horn [1.4, 2.3, 2.7-8]
• Eliza Marshall
  flute [3]
• Emma Owens
  viola [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Gillon Cameron
  violin [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Guy Massey
  engineer [2.1, 2.6-7, 1.1-3, 1.8], mix [1.1-6, 1.8, 2.1-8]
• Hazel Fernandes
  background vocals [1.2-3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7]
• Ian Burdge
  cello [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Ian Watson
  accordion [4, 6-7], background vocals [2.1, 2.4-6, 1.1], electronic organ [4, 6], handclaps [2.1, 2.5, 1.1], mellotron [8], organ [3], synthesizer [3, 8]
• Jake Jackson
  background vocals [1, 6], engineer [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-8]
• John Prestage
  assistant [1.1-8, 2.1-8]
• John Ryan
  French horn [1.4, 2.3, 2.7-8]
• Katie Kissoon
  background vocals [1.2-3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7]
• Lucy Wilkins
  violin [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Mark Templeton
  trombone [3, 7-8]
• Martin Robertson
  clarinet [3]
• Maxwell Spiers
  oboe [3]
• Natalia Bonner
  violin [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Neil Hannon
  arranger [8], banjo [6], bass guitar [1], drum machine [2], drums (drum set) [2, 7], electric piano [2.1-2, 1.5], electronic organ [2.2, 2.5, 1.5-6], engineer [1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 2.1-2, 2.5], glockenspiel [4], guitar [2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 1.1-2], handclaps [2.1, 2.5, 1.1], harmonica [6], lead vocals [1.1-8, 2.1-8], mandolin [1.4, 2.3], mellotron [1.2, 1.4-5, 1.7, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6-7], percussion [1], piano [1-2], producer [1.1-8, 2.1-8], sampler [1, 6], synthesizer [1.1-5, 1.7-8, 2.1-2, 2.5]
• Owen Slade
  tuba [3, 7-8]
• Patrick Kiernan
  violin [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Perry Montague‐Mason
  violin [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Pete Ruotolo
  background vocals [1], guest [5]
• Reiad Chibah
  viola [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Richard Edwards
  trombone [3, 7-8]
• Richard George
  violin [1.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
• Richard Pryce
  double bass [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Richard Skinner
  bassoon [3]
• Simon Little
  background vocals [2.1, 2.4-6, 1.1], bass guitar [1.3-7, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6-8], handclaps [1.1, 2.5], synthesizer [8]
• Sonia Jones
  background vocals [1.2-3, 2.1, 2.4, 2.7]
• Tim Weller
  drum machine [8], drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.3-6, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6-8], handclaps [2.5, 1.1], percussion [5]
• Tom Leach
  assistant [2.1-8, 1.2-8]
• Tom Pigott‐Smith
  violin [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
• Tosh Flood
  background vocals [2.1, 2.4-6, 1.1, 1.3], drums (drum set) [1], guitar [1.2-6, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6-7], handclaps [1.1, 2.1], mellotron [8], omnichord [4], synthesizer [8]
• Warren Zielinski
  violin [2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 1.1]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  Office Politics

  Digital Media
  7 June 2019
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  Office Politics

  2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)
  7 June 2019
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  Office Politics

  12" Vinyl
  7 June 2019
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  Office Politics

  2x CD (deluxe edition)
  8 June 2019
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  Office Politics

  2x 12" Vinyl, Digital Media (white and blue vinyl)
  2019