Bursting Bubbles

Bursting Bubbles
Studio album by Kevin Coyne
Released	1980
Studio	Alvic Studios, Wimbledon, London
Genre	Rock
Label	Virgin V2152
Producer	Kevin Coyne, Al James
Kevin Coyne chronology
Millionaires and Teddy Bears (1979) Bursting Bubbles (1980) Sanity Stomp (1980)

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Bursting Bubbles is a studio album by the British rock musician Kevin Coyne which was released in 1980. Colin Larkin in the 2011 edition of his Encyclopedia of Popular Music gives the album three stars.^[1]

The album was described by Penny Kiley of Melody Maker as follows:

"These are personal songs from people you'd rather not be. Sympathise at your peril. You can try to avoid the messages. The music is interesting and quite accessible. Often it's only the voice that hurts, while the music can be attractively rhythmic (anguish you can dance to) or even gentle. The music seems oblivious to the pain, yet it fits."

Coyne would later perform "Children's Crusade" as part of his concert, on 6 October 1982, at the Tempodrom, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event captured in the German film The Last Wall directed by Diethard Küster.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kevin Coyne and Brian Godding, except where indicated.

1. "The Only One" (Coyne)
2. "Children's Crusade" (Coyne)
3. "No Melody" (Coyne)
4. "Learn to Swim - Learn to Drown"
5. "Mad Boy No. 2"
6. "Dark Dance Hall"
7. "Don't Know What to Do"
8. "A Little Piece of Heaven"
9. "Day to Day"
10. "Golden Days" (Bob Ward)
11. "Old Fashioned Love Song"

Personnel

• Kevin Coyne – acoustic guitar and vocals
• Brian Godding - guitar
• Bob Ward - guitar
• Chrs Hunter - saxophone
• Vic Sweeney – drums
• Producers: Kevin Coyne and Al James
• Engineers: Al James and Vic Sweeney
• Cover artwork: Kevin Coyne

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