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Mel Croucher | Albums & Singles
"My early stuff was pretentious and badly played. And there wasn't a lot of humour in there either. I didn't think people would buy my music voluntarily, but my video games provided me with a mechanism to force-feed the public my musical efforts. All of the singles appeared as a soundtrack on early broadcast games, or on the flipside of a video game cassette, so anyone who bought one of those games got a single whether they wanted it or not. As for the albums, why they are still selling completely baffles me. It feels like all I had to do was fail to die and wait for critics to write nice things about me."
Complete Collection of Remasters - 2017
Released by The Games Collector Ltd as a 5-album set on CD and download, and 6-album set on vinyl.
Album 1: THE PIMAN'S GREATEST HITS
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 1 of 6. Artwork by Robin Evans.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
All tracks written, produced and performed by Mel Croucher, except: Side A, Track 1, additional vocals Karen Wylie, Christian Penfold; Side A, Track 5, vocals by Christopher Lee, Aiofe McMahon
Side A, Track 1: Pimania 6:31
Side A, Track 2: Lieder Of The Pac 3:25
Side A, Track 3: Weeping Angel 4:33
Side A, Track 4: Donkey Hotay 1:12
Side A, Track 5: Thanatos 3:41
Side B, Track 1: Video Nasty 5:02
Side B, Track 2: Three Point One Four Two 4:23
Side B, Track 3: Pi-Balls 2:55
Side B, Track 4: The Piracy Tango 1:19
Side B, Track 5: My Name Is Uncle Groucho 5:49
Album 2: MORE PIMAN'S GREATEST HITS TOO
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 2 of 6. Artwork by Robin Evans.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
All tracks written, produced and performed by Mel Croucher, except Side B, Track 6: additional vocals Christian Penfold
Side A, Track 1: New Wheels John 3:07
Side A, Track 2: Crummy Song 3:24
Side A, Track 3: Pi-Diddly-Dee 4:06
Side A, Track 4: Dartz 4.11
Side A, Track 5: Country Music 0:32
Side A, Track 6: Put Cat Out Mother, It's On Fire Again 3:13
Side A, Track 7: Ass About Face 0:58
Side B, Track 1: Pi-Eyed 2:36
Side B, Track 2: Bit Of A Cult 2:25
Side A, Track 3: An Act Of Wanton Thatchery 2:28
Side B, Track 4: The Go To Jail Boogie 5:21
Side B, Track 5: I Got Bugs 3:52
Side B, Track 6: Ally Pally Wally 2:31
Album 3: PIMANIACS FOREVER
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 3 of 6. Artwork by Robin Evans.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
All tracks written, produced and performed by Mel Croucher, except: Side A, Track 1, vocals by Ian Dury; Side A, Track 3, vocals by Frankie Howerd; Side B, Track 3, outtakes by Jon Pertwee, Ian Dury, Frankie Howerd, Gerry Marsden, The Old Professor, Beate Guyer; Side B, Track 4, vocals by Christopher Lee
Side A, Track 1: The Song Of The Sperm (Parts 1, 2 & 3) 3:54
Side A, Track 2: Computer Alphabet 2:48
Side A, Track 3: Don't You Know Who I Am? 2:45
Side A, Track 4: Pompey Rock 3:49
Side A, Track 5: Bankrupt Stock 4:49
Side B, Track 1: Pimaniacs Forever 9:10
Side B, Track 2: Woke Up This Morning 0:39
Side B, Track 3: Cider Fecks 6:01
Side B, Track 4: Pimania (Pibolar Disorder) 2:52
Album 4: DEUS EX MACHINA
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 4 of 6. Artwork by Robin Evans.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
The Storyteller - Jon Pertwee
The Fertilizer - Ian Dury
The Defect Police - Frankie Howerd
The Machine - Donna Bailey
The Voice Of Reason - EP Thompson
The Defect - Mel Croucher
Side A, Track 1: I Am Machine (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Jon Pertwee, Donna Bailey, Ian Dury) 4:55
Side A, Track 2: All The Screen's A Stage (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Jon Pertwee, Donna Bailey) 4:01
Side A, Track 3: Fertilizer (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Ian Dury) 1:53
Side A, Track 4: Foetus (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher) 1:56
Side A, Track 5: Asked To Be Born (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, choir The Children of Warblington School) 2:40
Side A, Track 6: School (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Frankie Howerd, Donna Bailey) 3:58
Side A, Track 7: Love (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Donna Bailey, Jon Pertwee, Frankie Howerd) 3:08
Side B, Track 1: War Crimes Are Easy (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Frankie Howerd, Jon Pertwee) 5:58
Side B, Track 2: Justice (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Donna Bailey, Edward Thompson, Jon Pertwee) 5:02
Side B, Track 3: Old Age (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher) 9:25
Side B, Track 4: Replay (written, produced, performed by Mel Croucher, vocals Ian Dury, Jon Pertwee) 2:40
Album 5: DEUS EX MACHINA 2: Part One
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 5 of 6.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
The Programmer - Christopher Lee
The Fertlizer - Ian Dury
The Machine - Chyna Whyne
The Defect - Chris Madin
The Defect Police - Joaquim de Almeida
The Teacher - Mary Carewe
The Night Nurse - Sulene Fleming
Cover Artwork - Bruno Krippahl
Cover Model - Chyna Whyne
Cover Photographer - Carl Swaby
Remastering Producer - Jonathan Golden Ears Cook
Side A, Track 1: PRELUDE 3:43
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Christopher Lee
music: Chris Blackwell, Heartbeat To Hell, Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Awareness
with thanks to: Johnny Dankworth, Audio Network Plc
Side A, Track 2: FERTILIZER 2:37
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Ian Dury
music: Rick Eastman
live session: Rick Eastman (sax), Andy Sturges (drums), Tim Cole (bass), Van Strevett (keyboards), Mel Croucher (keyboards, bedsprings)
Side A, Track 3: BIRTH 3:21
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chyna Whyne, Chris Madin
music: Paul Mottram, Refractor
Side A, Track 4: INFANCY 3:45
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Joaquim de Almeida
music: David O'Brien, Babylon Vibration
Side A, Track 5: SCHOOL 2:25
lyrics and whips: Mel Croucher
vocals: Mary Carewe, Christopher Lee
music: Ray Davies, Whistling Willie, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Side A run time: 15:51
Side B, Track 1: ADOLESCENCE 2:09
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chris Madin, Jim Studer, Mel Croucher
music: Jim Studer, California Surfing
Side B, Track 2: LOVE 4:29
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chyna Whyne, Christopher Lee
music: David O'Brien, Expanse
Side B, Track 3: BETRAYAL 3:15
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chyna Whyne
music: David O'Brien, Johnny Lithium, Return To Forever
Side B, Track 4: SOLDIER 2:36
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Christopher Lee, Chris Madin, Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, Richard Kimmings
music: Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, Richard Kimmings, Hooligan
Side B, Track 5: PAIN 2:45
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chris Madin
music: Barrie Gledden, Richard Kimmings, Motorbike
Album 6: DEUS EX MACHINA 2: Part Two
Mel Croucher's complete music soundtracks for Automata video games, 1977 - 2017.
Collector's Edition, Volume 6 of 6.
Remastered to mark the 40th Anniversary of Automata, the first video games company in the land.
The Programmer - Christopher Lee
The Fertlizer - Ian Dury
The Machine - Chyna Whyne
The Defect - Chris Madin
The Defect Police - Joaquim de Almeida
The Teacher - Mary Carewe
The Night Nurse - Sulene Fleming
Cover Artwork - Bruno Krippahl
Cover Model - Chyna Whyne
Cover Photographer - Carl Swaby
Remastering Producer - Jonathan Golden Ears Cook
Side A, Track 1: WAR CRIMES 2:03
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Joaquim de Almeida
music: Barrie Gledden, Sawtooth
Side A, Track 2: DANCE 0:55
lyrics: Igor Dvorkin, Sulene Fleming
vocals: Sulene Fleming
music: Igor Dvorkin, Sulene Fleming, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd, Naughty Naughty
Side A, Track 3: GUILT 2:36
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chyna Whyne
music: Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Voice Of Sheba
Side A, Track 4: POWER 2:31
English lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Christopher Lee, Crouch End Festival Chorus
music: Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rising Mercury
Side A, Track 5: DECLINE 2:30
lyrics: Dave James, Sulene Fleming, Mel Croucher
vocals: Sulene Fleming, Ian Dury
music: Dave James, Sulene Fleming, Spaceman
Side A, Track 6: DANGER 1:28
lyrics: Barrie Gledden, Jason Peddler, Sulene Fleming
vocals: Sulene Fleming
music: Barrie Gledden, Jason Peddler, Sulene Fleming, Out Of Control
Side A, Track 7: OLD AGE 3:38
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Chris Madin, Christopher Lee
music: Paul Mottram, Sideways Like A Crab
Side B, Track 1: SENILITY 3:00
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Christopher Lee
music: Debbie Wiseman, This Land
Side B, Track 2: WONDER 1:50
vocals: Alidor Nzinga and the Congolese Gospel Choir
music: traditional, Ex Awe
Side B, Track 3: DEATH 1:37
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Ian Dury, Chyna Whyne
music: Chris Gibbons, Old Road
Side B, Track 4: TRANSFIGURATION 3:24
lyrics and keyboards: Mel Croucher
vocals: Christopher Lee
music: Mike Stobbie, That Thing We Do, lead sax by Tim Garland
Side B, Track 5: REPLAY 3:22
vocals: Ian Dury, Jon Pertwee, Joaquim de Almeida, Christopher Lee
music: Christopher Ashmore, Fer The Lads, guest guitar Mário Valente, overdubs Mel Croucher
Side B, Track 6: BONUS TRACK 3:51
lyrics: Mel Croucher
vocals: Ian Dury
with thanks to Johnny Dankworth and the Orchestra, Audio Network Plc
Earlier albums
PIMANIA - THE MUSIC OF MEL CROUCHER AND AUTOMATA - Volume 2
(2016, Feeding Tube Records, US import, 12-inch vinyl)
DEUS EX MACHINA 2
(2011, streaming and download all formats)
With Christopher Lee, Ian Dury, Chyna Whyne, Chris Madin, Sulene Fleming, Mary Carewe, Joaquim De Almeida
PIMANIA - THE MUSIC OF MEL CROUCHER AND AUTOMATA - Volume 1
(2010, Feeding Tube Records, US import, 12-inch vinyl, gatefold)
Download the full press kit in PDF format by clicking HERE
AGIT DISCO 9
(2008, Agit Disco, CD and download. Various Artists)
THE PIMAN'S GREATEST HITS TOO
(1984, Automata, cassette)
all tracks written and performed by Mel Croucher
DEUS EX MACHINA
(1984, Automata, cassette,)
with Ian Dury, Jon Pertwee, Frankie Howerd, Donna Bailey, EP Thompson, Children of Warblington School)
THE PIMAN'S GREATEST HITS
(1983, Automata, cassette)
all tracks written and performed by Mel Croucher
THE TEMPEST
(1971, Caravan, acetate)
Recorded in Spain, based on a work by William Shakespeare of the same name. Long deleted.
HANG LOOSE
(as Blind Joe Deaf, 1969, Pioneer, acetate)
Recorded in Stockholm, includes Mel playing Hammond organ through a wah-wah pedal. Long deleted.
Singles | discography
Pibolar Disorder (2015, feat. Christopher Lee)
Pi-Balled (1984, flipside single on Pi-Balled)
Put Cat Out Mother (1984, flipside single on Piromania)
Dartz (1984, flipside single on Datrz)
Pi-Eyed (1984, flipside single on Pi-Eyed)
Olympimania (1984, flipside single on Olympimania)
Desert Island Floppy (1984, flipside of Crusoe)
New Wheels John (1983, flipside of Morris Meets The Bikers)
Groucho (1983, flipside single on My Name Is Uncle Groucho You Win A Fat Cigar)
Pimania (1982, flipside single on PiMania)
Deus Ex Machina 2 soundtrack sessions | Deus Ex Machina original sessions
