Night of Desirable Objects
Night of Desirable Objects was Snakefinger's fourth and final studio album, recorded with the Vestal Virgins and released by Ralph Records in 1987. It featured a variety of styles including jazz, folk, rock, gospel and polka, and displayed a compositional maturity. Snakefinger suffered a heart attack and died on 1 July 1987 in Austria while touring in support of the album, on the same day the album's first single was released: "There's No Justice In Life".
| Night of Desirable Objects | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Label | Ralph Records |
The CD issued by Red Rhino Records, York, UK, as Red CD 78 also includes the tracks It Hurts Me Too; I Love You Too Much to Respect You; and This Is Not A Disco Song. The CD notes credit special thanks to Susan Skaggs, Moris Tapir and a Resident. The Red Rhino release mislabels track 12 as "I Love You Too Much To Respect You", it is NOT that, it's the sublime "Hidden Treasure" which features Dave Barrett on sax (I suspect) since he is also featured on the track "Move" from the same album.
Track listing
Ralph Records version
- Sophia's Playful Pipes
- There's No Justice In Life
- Bless Me For I Have Sinned
- Jesus Gave Me Water
- Move
- The Golden King
- Bad Day In Bombay (Parts I & II)
- 81⁄4
- I Gave Myself To You
- Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance
This album was again re-released, digitally only, in 2018 by Klanggalerie, with an additional 6 tracks, totaling 19. The added tracks come from the Philip Charles Lithman AKA Snakefinger 1949-1987 release (and they're spectacular additions) making this release of NoDO the definitive collection.
Klanggalerie version
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sophia's Playful Pipes" (Traditional Bulgarian) | 1:49 |
| 2. | "There's No Justice In Life" | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Bless Me For I Have Sinned" | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Jesus Gave Me Water" (Written by Lucie E. Campbell) | 1:06 |
| 5. | "Move" (Written by Denzil Best. Also the B-side of the There's No Justice In Life single.) | 2:29 |
| 6. | "The Golden King" | 7:55 |
| 7. | "Bad Day In Bombay (Parts I & II)" | 6:08 |
| 8. | "8 1/4" (Written by Nino Rota from the score to 8½) | 4:18 |
| 9. | "I Gave Myself To You" | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Sawney Bean/Sawney's Death Dance" | 4:45 |
| 11. | "This Is Not A Disco Song" | 3:50 |
| 12. | "You're A Can Of Gasoline (I'm A Lighted Match)" | 2:40 |
| 13. | "Artists In Bed" | 3:55 |
| 14. | "It Hurts Me, Too" | 4:02 |
| 15. | "Hidden Treasure" | 3:54 |
| 16. | "Mary Ann" | 4:00 |
| 17. | "Wanderers Return" | 2:46 |
| 18. | "Hollywood Blues" | 3:20 |
| 19. | "Desert Island Woman" | 2:01 |
Personnel
- Eric Drew Feldman - Keyboards, synthetics, and vocals
- John Ryan - Drums
- Miguel Bertel - Guitar and Vocals
- Ben Guy - Bass and Vocals
- Snakefinger - Guitar, Violin, Vocals and Bottles