Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Fegmania!
Label ©  Rhino / Wea
Release Year  1985
Length  1:14:21
Genre  Alternative
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  R-0062
Bitrate  192 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Egyptian Cream  
       3:33  
      2.  
      		 Another Bubble  
       2:45  
      3.  
      		 I'm Only You  
       4:28  
      4.  
      		 My Wife And My Dead Wife  
       4:18  
      5.  
      		 Goodnight I Say  
       3:13  
      6.  
      		 The Man With The Lightbulb Head  
       3:05  
      7.  
      		 Insect Mother  
       1:53  
      8.  
      		 Strawberry Mind  
       2:50  
      9.  
      		 Glass  
       3:12  
      10.  
      		 The Fly  
       3:50  
      11.  
      		 Heaven  
       4:40  
      12.  
      		 Bells Of Rhymney  
       3:30  
      13.  
      		 Dwarfbeat  
       3:00  
      14.  
      		 Some Body  
       3:24  
      15.  
      		 Egyptian Cream [demo]  
       4:35  
      16.  
      		 Heaven [live]  
       4:53  
      17.  
      		 Insect Mother [Smithsound demo]  
       1:40  
      18.  
      		 Egyptian Cream [live]  
       5:35  
      19.  
      		 The Pit Of Souls (Parts I-IV)  
       9:57  
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      Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

      After the stripped-back collection I Often Dream of Trains, Hitchcock slowly formed a backing band called the Egyptians with ex-Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor and keyboardist Roger Jackson over the course of the next year. Fegmania!, the Egyptians' first album, was a distinct departure from both the Soft Boys and Hitchcock's previous solo work, featuring layered, intertwining guitars and keyboards that created lush and thick sonic textures. Even with the more detailed arrangements, the songs remained twitchy and off-kilter, with melodies that usually went in willfully unpredictable directions, yet remained catchy all the while. Fegmania! was Hitchcock's most consistent work to date, featuring such highlights as the Eastern-tinged "Egyptian Cream," and the creepy "My Wife & My Dead Wife," and the relatively straightforward "The Man with the Lightbulb Head."
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