Sanity Stomp

Sanity Stomp is a double studio album by British rock artist Kevin Coyne which was released in 1980.

Sanity Stomp
Studio album by Kevin Coyne
Released	1980
Recorded	Disk 1: Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London Disk 2: Alvic Studios, Wimbledon, London
Genre	Rock
Label	Virgin
Producer	Kevin Coyne and Paul Wickens
Kevin Coyne chronology
Bursting Bubbles (1980) Sanity Stomp (1980) The Dandelion Years (1981)

Of this album Coyne himself said:

I was quite ill when I made that record, as a matter of fact; I was quite mad, basically. That's why it's called Sanity Stomp. I had a nervous breakdown and, ironically, I don't want to say ironically...amazingly...I was able to carry on making records. That's a record I made when I was clinically ninety-five per cent nuts, and the themes are rather odd, but somehow it comes out as sounding all right. I'm amazed.[1]

Disk 1

Track listing

1. "Fat Man"
2. "The Monkey Man"
3. "How Strange"
4. "Somewhere In My Mind"
5. "When (See You Again?)"

1. "Taking On The World"
2. "No Romance"
3. "Too Dark (One for the Hero)"
4. "Admit You're Wrong"
5. "Formula Eyes"

Personnel

• Kevin Coyne - vocals
• Paul Fox – guitar
• John "Segs" Jennings – bass
• Dave Ruffy – drums
• Gary Barnacle – saxophone
• Paul Wickens – keyboards

(Fox, Jennings, Ruffy and Barnacle were all members of The Ruts)

• Producer: Paul Wickens
• Engineer: David Hunt at Berry Street Studio

Disk 2

Track listing

1. "New Motorway"
2. "A Loving Hand"
3. "Fear of Breathing"
4. "In Silence"
5. "Taking On The Bowers" (Robert Wyatt)

1. "Wonderful Wilderness" (Brian Godding)
2. "My Wife Says"
3. "The World Speaks" (Brian Godding)
4. "You Can't Kill Us"

Personnel

• Kevin Coyne – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Brian Godding – electric guitar and keyboards
• Robert Wyatt – drums, keyboards
• Bob Ward – second guitar
• Producer: Kevin Coyne
• Engineer: Mike at Alvic Studios
• Johnnie Rutter - front cover photography
• Back cover artwork: Robert Coyne

References

1. Poor (2007-09-17). "THE WORLD OF KEVIN COYNE: KEVIN COYNE - 1980 Sanity Stomp @ 192". Kevincoyne.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-22.