Groovy Decay

Infobox Album
Name = Groovy Decay
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Robyn Hitchcock


Released = 1982
Recorded = Advision Studios
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Albion Records
Combat
Yep Roc
Producer = Steve Hillage
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:egjb7iajg7or link]
Last album = "Black Snake Diamond Role" (1981)
This album = "Groovy Decay" (1982)
Next album = "I Often Dream of Trains" (1984)

"Groovy Decay" was the second solo album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee of Gang of Four on bass and Anthony Thistlethwaite of the Waterboys on sax.

Hitchcock was unhappy with the recordings, despite the presence of ex-Gong member Steve Hillage in the producer's seat, and he subsequently released a revised version of the album entitled "Groovy Decoy"; this had completely different cover art, substituted demo versions of five of the tracks, and changed the playing order. A Rhino CD reissue in the mid-1990s incorporated the two sets of tracks together under the title "Gravy Deco".

In 2007, Yep Roc Records remastered Groovy Decay and made it available exclusively as a digital download on its website. The download includes the bonus tracks, "How Do You Work this Thing?", "It Was the Night", and "Falling Leaves", as well as demo versions of four of the album's tracks as previously issued on "Groovy Decoy". The demo of "Midnight Fish" is the only "Groovy Decoy" track not included on this re-issue.

Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock, except as indicated.

ide one

# "Night Ride to Trinidad"
# "Fifty Two Stations"
# "Young People Scream"
# "The Rain"
# "America"

ide two

# "The Cars She Used to Drive"
# "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
# "St. Petersburg"
# "When I Was a Kid"
# "Midnight Fish" (Hitchcock, Discovert)

Reissue bonus tracks

# "How Do You Work this Thing?" - originally B-side to "America" single, 1982
# "It Was the Night" - originally B-side to "America" single, 1982
# "Falling Leaves" - originally B-side to "The Bells of Rhymney" single, 1984
# "The Rain" (demo version) - originally issued on "Groovy Decoy"
# "The Cars She Used to Drive" (demo version) - originally issued on "Groovy Decoy"
# "Young People Scream" (demo version) - originally issued on "Groovy Decoy"
# "When I Was a Kid" (demo version) - originally issued on "Groovy Decoy"

Personnel

*Robyn Hitchcock - Guitars, vocals
*Sara Lee - Bass
*Anthony Thistlethwaite - Saxophone
*Rod Johnson - Drums
*Chris Cox - Trumpet on "America"