The Flying Lizards - Top Ten

Top Ten
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Album Details: Top Ten

Release Date:01/01/1984
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Track List: Top Ten

  1. Tutti Frutti
  2. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
  3. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex...
  4. What's New Pussycat?
  5. Suzanne
  6. Then He Kissed Me
  1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
  2. Purple Haze
  3. Great Balls of Fire
  4. Tears
  5. Top Ten Again [Medley]

User Reviews: Top Ten

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    A Flying Lizards Primer

    By Paul  Jun 5, 2006

    Pros: Great!

    Cons: Out of print.

    You want anti-pop? Here it is! Mechano-tronic, noise-music arrangements with she-bot vocals. Contains the most HILARIOUS version of James Brown's "Sex Machine" ever put to wax! Now, if only someone would reissue the darned thing on CD...... Read more Less

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    Amazing synthesizer-based covers!

    By E  Jul 26, 2002

    I own this on vinyl and still love it! The Flying Lizards covers of 1980s and earlier popular music is priceless. They are heavy on piano and synthesizer with a "spoken word" vocal. It is definitely worth it for fans of new wave and/or other electron...ica.Elspeth, cover-versions.com Read more Less

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Biography

The Flying Lizards

Pianist David Cunningham was the man behind the curtain of new wave pranksters the Flying Lizards, who specialized in stripping rock oldies down to a bare, minimalistic pulse reminiscent of Kraftwerk or the Residents, effectively rendering the tunes robotic novelty parodies of their former selves. In 1979, the group scored a U.K. Top Five hit with a subverted cover of B... Read more