- Remember You're A Womble
Infobox Album
Name = Remember You're A Womble
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Wombles
Released = 1974
Recorded = Wessex Studios
Genre =Bubblegum pop , classical,surf rock ,boogie , country, calypso
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Label = CBS
Producer =Mike Batt
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Last album =Wombling Songs
This album = Remember You're A Womble
Next album =Keep On Wombling "Remember You're A Womble" was the second album released by The Wombles. The songs were recorded by
Mike Batt (vocals/keyboards) with session musiciansChris Spedding (guitars),Les Hurdle (bass),Clem Cattini (drums),Ray Cooper (percussion),Rex Morris (sax),Eddie Mordue (sax) andLack Rothstein (violin).After the success of the previous album, "
Wombling Songs ", Batt experimented with more character songs in a variety of musical styles. He described it as "really the first proper album for the Wombles as a group".cite book|title=Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth|author=Kim Cooper, David Smay, Jake Austen|year=2001|publisher=Feral House|isbn=0922915695|pages=159] The styles included pop, rock, classical (the music of "Minuetto Allegretto " was based on Mozart's Symphony No.41) andsurf rock in the style of theBeach Boys .The songs also developed the Womble characters further, for example "Wellington Goes To Waterloo" describes Wellington Womble taking a rare day off and visiting
London Waterloo station for a bit oftrain spotting .This was the first album so show the full size Womble costumes, worn by Batt and the session musicians. The album spent 31 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 18 on
13 July 1974 .cite book|title=The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums|author=Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown|year=2004|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=1844490580|pages=1203-1204]Track listing
Side 1 "Remember You're A Womble" "
Minuetto Allegretto " "Wombling Summer Party " "Wombling In The Rain" "Womble Burrow Boogie"Side 2 "Wellington Goes To Waterloo" "The Return Of Cousin Yellowstone" "The Womble Square Dance" "Wimbledon Sunset" "
Banana Rock "ingles
"Remember You're A Womble", "
Banana Rock ", "Wombling Summer Party " and "Minuetto Allegretto " were released as singles.References
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