Stutter

Stutter
Studio album by James
Released	June 1986
Recorded	Amazon Studios, Liverpool (early 1986)
Genre	Rock, indie
Length	39:51
Label	Blanco y Negro/Sire
Producer	Lenny Kaye
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
James chronology
1986 Stutter 1986 Strip-mine

Stutter was the debut album from English band James, released in June 1986. The album was produced by Lenny Kaye, although the band had originally hoped to work with Brian Eno. After a bidding war between a number of labels, the album was released on Blanco y Negro, part of Sire. Artwork was provided by John Carroll. The album initially received positive responses in the UK and Germany where it was voted second best album of the year by writers (and 16th by readers) of the influential indie magazine Spex.[1] Allmusic called it "Thin, spiky, jagged folk music" and commented on the performances by the band: "Tim Booth is a mere bystander to his wild vocals while the rest of the band watch Gavan Whelan have an absolute fit on — what sounds like — four drum kits at once. This is shoddy, shameless chaos. Nothing more than a terribly produced mess of tragic rock-star baiting and deliberate discordance. An amazing debut."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by James.

1. "Skullduggery" – 2:43
2. "Scarecrow" – 3:00
3. "So Many Ways" – 3:46
4. "Just Hip" – 1:46
5. "Johnny Yen" – 3:41
6. "Summer Song" – 4:16
7. "Really Hard" – 4:13
8. "Billy's Shirts" – 3:27
9. "Why So Close" – 3:48
10. "Withdrawn" – 3:42
11. "Black Hole" – 5:29

Note: The song "Stutter", later released on the live album One Man Clapping, had already been performed live by the time of recording, but was not included on this, or any other, studio album by James.

Release details

• UK 12" Vinyl – Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMLP 1)
• UK Cassette – Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMC 1)
• UK CD – Blanco y Negro/Sire (JIMCD 1)
• UK CD (May 1991 re-release) – Sire (7599-25437-2)

External link

• Official James website

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