(Music From) The Mystery Rabbits

(Music From) The Mystery Rabbits
Studio album by Sack Trick
Released	1999
Recorded	Between 1997 and 1999
Genre	Funk/Metal
Length	46:59
Label	ORG Records
Producer	Alex Dickson
Sack Trick chronology
(Music From) The Mystery Rabbits (1999) Penguins on the Moon (2000)

(Music From) The Mystery Rabbits is an alternative/funk/metal debut album by the pop group Sack Trick. Metal Hammer described it as "Like the funk rock record Frank Zappa and Monty Python never made". The subjects of the songs include tomato sandwiches, camels, ice cream and a "strange cigarette", interwoven with a rhyme called Little Pigs being sung in four different languages. Probably the best known song from the album is I Play Bass, a slap-bass rich confessional from Chris Dale, the band's frontman.

The album's title is likely to have been inspired by (Music From) The Elder by Kiss, which the band covered on their third album, Sheep in Kiss Make Up

Track listing

1. "Perfect Today" – 3:52
   Chris Dale – Bass, Vocals; Alexander John Wallace Dickson – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Drums
2. "No Tomatoes For Me, Thanks" – 0:50
   Alexander John Wallace Dickson – Vocals, Guitar; Seaweed – Keyboards; Chris Dale – Vocals, Bass; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Drums; Vision – The Delicatessen
3. "Maths Teacher's Words of Wisdom" – 3:09
   Dave Hobbs – Cello; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Drums, 1st Bavarian; Doogie White – Lead Vocals; Alexander John Wallace Dickson – 2nd Bavarian, Glockenspiel, Moothie, Guitar; Jack Endino – Rock Icon; Chris Dale – 3rd Bavarian, Bass; Big Blue Parrot (Courtesy of London Zoo) – Intro Vocals; Class 4b of Berenger Sauniere Primary – Chorus Vocals
4. "Klein Schwien" – 0:34
5. "Robin's Good News" – 1:29
   Starring Robin Guy as Himself; Alexander John Wallace Dickson – Samples, Loops, Keyboards, Vocals; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Backing Vocals; Chris Dale – Backing Vocals, Bass
6. "Hiring Camels" – 3:15
   Chris Dale – Bass, Keyboards, Vocals; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Guitar Solo, Drums; Alexander John Wallace Dickson – Backing Vocals, Guitar, Theramin
7. "Maialino" – 0:35
8. "I Play Bass" – 3:35
   Chris Dale – Bass, Vocals, Intro Guitar; Alessandro "Sponder" Elena – Drums, Outro Bass, Middle 8 Vocals; Pete Friesen – Guitar Solo; Alexander John Wallace Dickson – Theramin, Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
9. "Lilla Grys" – 0:35
10. "Shoelaces" – 5:52
11. "The Turd That Just Wouldn't Flush" – 3:51
12. "Alcoholic Bulimia" – 2:35
13. "Puerquito" – 0:33
14. "Blue Ice Cream" – 5:30
15. "Mabel" (Bonus Track)

Songs

• "Perfect Today" is a funk metal song that appears to be about hallucinating after smoking cannabis.
• "No Tomatoes For Me, Thanks" is a song about, as the title (and chorus) suggests, not wanting tomatoes in your sandwiches.
• "Maths Teacher's Words of Wisdom" is about a boy being in awe of his maths teacher's seemingly senseless advice. The lyrics feature clever and amusing puns on several traditional sayings, such as, "Never put all your eggs in one basket" as "Never put both legs in one basket" and "Out of sight is out of mind" as "Out of sight is often behind". The chorus features an entire class of primary school children singing "Our Maths Teacher Speaks Words of Wisdom" in between Doogie White's vocals. The second half of the song is instrumental, and includes pieces being played on a mouth organ and a cello.
• "Robin's Good News" is based around an answer phone message that Robin Guy leaves for one of the band members after playing drums for Faith No More on Top of the Pops. The message is sampled and looped, with added instruments.
• "Hiring Camels" is about not being able to go to Egypt, so instead suggesting various ways to make "Egypt come to us", including hiring a camel, growing your own palm trees, and building your own pyramid.
• "I Play Bass" is about Chris Dale, the band's frontman and bassist, playing bass. The song features several bass playing techniques. The main verse riff uses slapping and popping, the verse uses finger picking, and the bass solo features hammering and tapping. The distored outro is played on bass by Sponder, the band's drummer. This song was also re-recorded with additional lyrics for Chris Dale's side project I Play Rock.