Me and a Monkey on the Moon

Studio album by

Felt

Released

13 November 1989

Genre

Indie pop

Length

38:24

Felt chronology

Train Above the City
(1988)

Me and a Monkey on the Moon
(1989)

Bubblegum Perfume
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Sounds	^[2]

Me and a Monkey on the Moon is the tenth and final album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1989. It was originally issued on Mike Alway's él label, part of Cherry Red. In a review for Sounds, Roy Wilkinson described it as "perhaps their finest album yet."^[2]

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Recording

The album was recorded at ICC Studios in Eastbourne between 5 and 14 August 1989, after earlier demos had been recorded in Brighton. Lawrence, Martin Duffy and Gary Ainge had moved to Brighton from Birmingham in 1988; but as Marco Thomas had remained in the Midlands, Robert Young from Primal Scream was invited to play bass on the recording. B. J. Cole visited the sessions for a day to add the pedal steel guitar heard on the tracks "I Can't Make Love to You Anymore" and "New Day Dawning".^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Lawrence.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Can't Make Love to You Anymore"	4:35
2.	"Mobile Shack"	3:29
3.	"Free"	4:17
4.	"Budgie Jacket"	3:30
5.	"Cartoon Sky"	2:37
6.	"New Day Dawning"	6:34
7.	"Down an August Path"	4:49
8.	"Never Let You Go"	2:52
9.	"She Deals in Crosses"	3:02
10.	"Get Out of My Mirror"	2:33

Personnel

Lawrence – vocals
Martin Duffy – synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, ARP String Ensemble, piano
Gary Ainge – drums

with

John Mohan – lead guitar
Richard Left – rhythm guitar
Robert Young – bass
Rose McDowall – backing vocals
Pete Astor – backing vocals
B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar^[3]

References

^ AllMusic review
^ ^a ^b Wilkinson, Roy (18 November 1989), "This Monkey's Gone to Heaven", Sounds, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
^ ^a ^b Mohan, John (2010), "Rock-n-Roll on the Hard Shoulder", in Flamm, Christian; Sperlinger, Mike (eds.), Foxtrot Echo Lima Tango, London: Johnston & Vock, pp. 14–18

v t e Felt
Lawrence Gary Ainge Maurice Deebank Martin Duffy Nick Gilbert Mick Lloyd Marco Thomas Mick Bund
Studio albums	Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty The Splendour of Fear The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories Ignite the Seven Cannons Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death / The Seventeenth Century Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Poem of the River The Pictorial Jackson Review Train Above the City Me and a Monkey on the Moon
Compilation albums	Gold Mine Trash Bubblegum Perfume Absolute Classic Masterpieces Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II Stains on a Decade
Denim	Back in Denim Denim on Ice Denim Take Over Novelty Rock
Go-Kart Mozart / Mozart Estate	Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture Tearing Up the Album Chart On the Hot Dog Streets Mozart's Mini-Mart Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! and the Possibilities of Modern Shopping

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