The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
Studio album by The Housemartins
Released September 1987
Recorded Yellow 2, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Genre
Length 38:06
Label
Producer John Williams
The Housemartins chronology
London 0 Hull 4
(1986)		 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
(1987)		 Now That's What I Call Quite Good
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(A−)[2]

The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death was the second and last studio album by The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - "Five Get Over Excited", "Me and the Farmer" and "Build". The title song is about the British Royal Family, which found them gaining controversy in the tabloid papers similar to that of other bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Smiths and The Stone Roses.

Track listing

All tracks written by Heaton/Cullimore.

  1. "The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death" – 3:33
  2. "I Can't Put My Finger on It" – 2:28
  3. "The Light Is Always Green" – 3:59
  4. "The World's on Fire" – 3:20
  5. "Pirate Aggro" – 1:52
  6. "We're Not Going Back" – 2:53
  7. "Me and the Farmer" – 2:54
  8. "Five Get Over Excited" – 2:44
  9. "Johannesburg" – 3:55
  10. "Bow Down" – 3:04
  11. "You Better Be Doubtful" – 2:32
  12. "Build" – 4:45

Personnel

The Housemartins

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • John Williams – producer
  • The Housemartins – producer
  • Phil Bodger – engineer
  • David Storey – sleeve design
  • John Sims – sleeve design
  • Phil Rainey – front cover photography
  • Derek Ridgers – band photography
  • John Woods - band photography

References

  1. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Review: The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death - The Housemartins". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Review: The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death - The Housemartins". Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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