- Audio CD (28 Feb 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Rhino / Wea
- ASIN: B0000033FJ
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 296,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Egyptian Cream |
| 2. Another Bubble |
| 3. I'm Only You |
| 4. My Wife And My Dead Wife |
| 5. Goodnight I Say |
| 6. The Man With The Lightbulb Head |
| 7. Insect Mother |
| 8. Strawberry Mind |
| 9. Glass |
| 10. The Fly |
| 11. Heaven |
| 12. Bells Of Rhymney |
| 13. Dwarfbeat |
| 14. Some Body |
| 15. Egyptian Cream (Demo) |
| 16. Heaven (Live) |
| 17. Insect Mother (Smithsound Demo) |
| 18. Egyptian Cream (Live) |
| 19. The Pit Of Souls (Parts l-lV) |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This must be the first Hitchcock album I listened to and in my opinion by far the best. Who else could get away with lyrics using Hammerton Clist to rhyme with a friend who died from a cist. From sheer Doctor Who stupidity (The Man With The Lightbulb Head) to spooky self analysis of love (My Wife and My Dead Wife) Hitchcock does not mince his words. Sure, there are pure pop songs in here such as "Heaven" and "Goodnight I Say" but it is the less catchy, stranger songs that stick with you. "Egyptian Cream" is a blunt analysis of getting pregnant and not wanting to be, exploring the harsh reality. Musically this album is enjoyable, lyrically I think it is excellent and varied. If you've never heard of Robyn Hitchcock buy this album. If you like anything slightly strange buy this album. You will be presently surprised - but do watch out for the man with the lightbulb head!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If ever an album was ripe for a re-release, re-issue, re-appraisal it's Fegmania. Hitchcock slots effortlessly into the bastions of musical eccentrics such as Viv Stanshall, Captain Beefheart, Julian Cope, Syd Barrett etc and with Fegmania he produced an album that sits effortlessly with the pinnacle of any of the aforementioned, s work.
Firstly "Fegmania" serves as a terrific pop album. The melodies braced against guitars that sparkle like fireflies in a coal mine and lambent keyboards are some of the most pristine and addictive you will ever hear. Every song on this album gleams with ravishing tuneful splendour and one "Heaven" is just well.....heavenly .As good a pop song as has ever been written.
Lyrically it's completely barking but that should come as no surprise and I find it rather refreshing to hear about a man with a head like a light bulb -"The Man With The Light bulb Head" not too surprisingly- the mother who is in fact an insect-"Insect Mother" again unsurprisingly, the man who still sees his dead wife -"My Wife And My Dead Wife" and the others half of which I have no idea about.
So a splendid massively under-appreciated pop album to sit along side "Submarine Bells" by The Chills,"UH Tears Baby" by Win," Theodore And Friends "by The Adventures and probably one or two others. Robyn Hitchcock continues to churn out quality music to this day but this, for me, is his masterpiece. A glossy peculiar traipse through tangled thickets of pops possibilities. Should be re-issued forth with.
Firstly "Fegmania" serves as a terrific pop album. The melodies braced against guitars that sparkle like fireflies in a coal mine and lambent keyboards are some of the most pristine and addictive you will ever hear. Every song on this album gleams with ravishing tuneful splendour and one "Heaven" is just well.....heavenly .As good a pop song as has ever been written.
Lyrically it's completely barking but that should come as no surprise and I find it rather refreshing to hear about a man with a head like a light bulb -"The Man With The Light bulb Head" not too surprisingly- the mother who is in fact an insect-"Insect Mother" again unsurprisingly, the man who still sees his dead wife -"My Wife And My Dead Wife" and the others half of which I have no idea about.
So a splendid massively under-appreciated pop album to sit along side "Submarine Bells" by The Chills,"UH Tears Baby" by Win," Theodore And Friends "by The Adventures and probably one or two others. Robyn Hitchcock continues to churn out quality music to this day but this, for me, is his masterpiece. A glossy peculiar traipse through tangled thickets of pops possibilities. Should be re-issued forth with.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Pure Pop For Abnormal People
1 Dec 1999
Format:Audio CD
Pop Kulcher Review: While Robyn Hitchcock has been plugging away in relative obscurity for over two decades (both with the groundbreaking pop/punk outfit the Soft Boys and as a solo artist), this album remains the highlight of a career which has seen tremendous variations in quality. This is probably his most mainstream-sounding album, but that makes it no less compelling than his more eccentric work. Robyn manages to combine his Syd Barrett/John Lennon-esque oh-so-British vocals, Byrds-y guitar jangle, and lyrics which run the gamut from Monty Python-like absurdity to late '60's psychedelic pop into an utterly original (but oddly addictive) package. Songs like "Heaven" and "Egyptian Cream" are pure, unadulterated pop (with a dose of weirdness thrown in), while even the more offbeat tunes like "My Wife & My Dead Wife" and "The Man With The Lightbulb Head" are incredibly infectious and charming. And the ever-solid Egyptians (mostly holdovers from his Soft Boys days) provide the sort of supple rhythm section all too rare in the indie music scene. Every Robyn fan will already own this; but listeners of everything from R.E.M. to the Byrds to Matthew Sweet will be charmed by this confection. Now if only they'd put his Soft Boys masterpiece Underwater Moonlight back in print...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Robyn and The Egyptians find summer psychedelia.
30 April 1999
Format:Audio CD
Robyn and The Egyptians blend beautifully on this record. Light, byzantine-patterned psyacadelic pop. Whispery spider-woven melody lines, inverted guitar and simple beauty. Catchy and wonderful.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Hitchcock's Sgt. Pepper
6 Jan 2006
Format:Audio CD
Despite having numerous records by the British madcap, this is the music I return to, the music I most associate with Hitchcock. Everything gelled for him on this record, as if he were emerging from a long, dark, acoustic trip through the forest. Perhaps it is the maturation of the artist, or the presence of the Egyptians that coalesced Hitchcock's pop sensibilities. Whatever the case, the fact that this record languishes in obscurity is a total mystery to me; Hitchcock is among a dozen artists of the eighties that will be referenced time and again for their musical brilliance.
That said, there is a downside to this recording; it's a bit too long, especially considering the last few tracks might have worked better as b-sides rather than stretch an already brilliant album to the point of being merely good. In any case, I usually let 'Heaven' serve as the closer whenever making a cassette or burning a cd, although I am working on a remix that will let 'Goodnight, I say' close things out. Mixing is not my specialitiy, however, so until that happens, I merely snip.
Beg, borrow, or steal this record asap, and enjoy the goodness.
That said, there is a downside to this recording; it's a bit too long, especially considering the last few tracks might have worked better as b-sides rather than stretch an already brilliant album to the point of being merely good. In any case, I usually let 'Heaven' serve as the closer whenever making a cassette or burning a cd, although I am working on a remix that will let 'Goodnight, I say' close things out. Mixing is not my specialitiy, however, so until that happens, I merely snip.
Beg, borrow, or steal this record asap, and enjoy the goodness.
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