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Imperial Wax Solvent
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Original UK release
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First released 28 April 2008 on Sanctuary via Universal on CD: 1765729; and LP: 1766796
01. Alton Towers
(Smith/Spurr)
3:27
Grey
Decline
In excelcis
And the waves
Through the slits
In San Rocco
Look very different
And are no longer any way sublime
How to get out
How to stay thin
The spawn of J. "Loaded" Brown
And L. Laverne crawl around
The crows
Look very different today
And the crows are not reflecting
Any form of quality
At all
On the saint of advertisers dead
How to get in
How to get out
The spawn of J. "Loaded" Brown
And L. Laverne
are laughing
In excelsis
Monks crawl around
And their sons are singing songs
In Leeds, Montreal and Rome
How to get out
How to stay in
The spawn of J. "Loaded" Brown
And L. Laverne
With the dept. of no name
02. Wolf Kidult Man
(Smith/Spurr/Poulou)
3:03
[wolf howls]
Reputation is gone
You're in the clear, boy
Every day of your life
You persevere, boy
Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone
Every moment of truth
Is here to stay
Somewhere up in your ear
You're babbling, frantic
Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone
You start to walk
Where are you going?
Going to a shop
Your arms limp at your sides
And you've got to embrace this
Wolf kidult man
Wolf kidult son
Where is your mum?
Your power is gone
Reputation is gone
You're in the clear, boy
Every day of your life
You persevere, boy
[taped excerpt from Twilight Zone episode "Printers Devil"]
03. 50 Year Old Man
(Smith/Spurr)
11:33
Computer doesn't work for me
I had a Sinclair back in 1983
OL2QU, pre-warranty
And don't forget he's still up to it
That Steve Albini
He's in collusion with Virgin trains
Against me
I'm a fifty year old man
I'm a fifty year old man
But it won't get me
Go down Manchester town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't compare with it
One third of securities count
I can't understand that
Again
You're not real boy
I say you're not real boy
You're a gym [teacher]
You're a Cancer and I expect
A little shit
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I got a three foot rock hard on
But I'm too busy to use it
I'm a fifty year old man
I'm a fifty year old man
What you gonna do about it?
I go round a hotel
I see "Throw the towel on the floor"
On The Green Man
I throw it on the floor and
I piss in it
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm trying to...
And don't forget
You try to destroy me
You're in collusion with the trains
Don't try and kid me
I'm a fifty year old man
Go down to the town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't get in there
[Banjo interlude]
[Backing vocals repeat: 50 year old man]
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?
And don't forget, you tried to destroy me
Steve Albini
You're in collusion with the trains
Don't try and kid me
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?
I've got a three foot rock hard on
But I'm too busy to use it
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?
Go down Manchester town
Can't navigate it
The club scene, man
You can't compare with it
I'm a fifty year old man
And I like it
I'm a fifty year old man
What're you gonna do about it?
And don't forget he's still up to it
[Interlude]
An inferior product mess
An inferior product man
Just over two thirds the price
I'm proud of it
I'm proud of it
I'm a type of guy who knows what is on CD
And then they lecture me on turning rubbish out
While shouting themselves out of existence
If they care so much, why don't they try eating
some of those cardboard cut-outs themselves
And they stuff the complimentary catering down their neck
Do the fifth re-take of their attempt to be scruffy
On a train
And go back to counselling and communicating
I'm an inferior product man
I'm an inferior product mix
They call me "Bad Head"
Don't ever forget it
And here is the fade out
Fade out
Fade out
04. I've Been Duped
(Smith)
2:42
[Backing: I've been duped]
War at home
no real footage
just you kids
in their bedroom
war at home
watching vids
Edwardians in colour on...
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
World War One
Dr Richard Hume is retiring
to south of France
I'm French soldier
suffering
I have been duped
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
Been to France
late night on
no old rooms
just gambling
I've been duped
I've been duped
I've been duped
Have you been duped?
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
Every time there's orange on TV
the brass are saying good news to me
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
[I've been duped]
I've been duped
Better then
The warlords on
Two hairy men
digging up Scotland
Six feet under
Stay up for
there's no borrowing
just people mumbling
[I've been duped]
[I've been duped, duped, duped, duped, duped]
05. Strangetown
(McPhee)
5:39
Make your plans, they are nice
This is a strange town
people here round don't ever a smile
I've been here two years, I've been lookin' round
Trying to find out
It seems that all people think about is calling people out
My Garden is overgrown
And weeds are creeping up on my home
Birds are nesting in the trees
Shout!
I can't believe all these people
Spend all their time walking round
Looking so glum
They think that life is for working
And gather their pension when retirement comes
There they only think about calling people out
And I can't be there to get the locks out of your hair
French windows don't open any more
And somebody's kid is talking at my door
Branches growing up to ten foot high
This is a strange town
people here round don't ever smile
I've been here twenty three years, I've been lookin' round
But I can't find out
There's a kid talking to himself
I thought he's in bad health
[?]
1,2,3,4
This is a strange town
The birds are too scared to fly, I think
I've been stressed by a spy
The kid talking to himself by the door outside
But I'm not going to touch a single blade of grass
My garden will be like a distant past
From the days of sophmore
For the days you don't listen anymore
This is a strange town
People here round don't ever smile
I've been here two weeks
I've been looking round
But I can't find out
I really like the bees
[?]
[?]
And the Bees are in their hives
And right behind me is a deficit of sky
[?]
By the bin, by the yard
The pink iPod is spewed out
06. Taurig
(Poulou)
2:57
[Whispered background vocals deep in the mix]
07. Can Can Summer
(Smith/Spurr/Melling/Poulou/Greenway)
3:06
The town is anti-life
Time to change back
The town is anti-life
Time to change back
Time to change back
Turn the radio off
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
Stop twitching
My boss he has the imagination of a gnat
No shard up
No yard up
Slowly cooking
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
I'm shouting
No shard up
No yard up
Slowly cooking
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
I'm shouting
And it's a Can Can summer
It is melting
I'm finding
Streamlined
[Ten pounds can ensure a lead for your dog]
No shard up
No yard up
Turn the radio off
Catch up
Change back
You are no dog
Turn the radio off
The town is anti-life
Time to change back
Time to change back
Turn the radio off
Time to change back, baby
08. Tommy Shooter
(Smith)
3:44
I got news for you
I got news for you my friend
To which you will have to attend
Reduce your knees to noodles
Your Doberman Pinschers to poodles
Tommy Shooter
Painting yellow flowers
Sorry after blowing her away
Tommy Shooter
See the clouds are darkening
With wings of chickens
They're coming home to roost
I tell you my friend
Pictures of poodles
Chickens coming home
To sit on your shoulder bone
Painting yellow flowers
After blowing away
Another balloon string
Held at bay
Tommy Shooter
Rather than
Facing up to it
It is you
In Chicken Shack
Father, short-sighted
Me, blind
The rubbish that accepted
Piles up in the corridor
The locals are in the realm of humiliation
Painting yellow flowers
Sorry after blowing her away
Tommy Shooter
I got news for you
I got news for you my friend
To which you will have to attend
Reduce your knees to noodles
Your Doberman Pinschers to poodles
Tommy Shooter
09. Latch Key Kid
(Smith/Spurr/Poulou)
3:19
Goin' around, doin' the town
Goin' around, doin' the town
Guvner O Leipzig
Here I like to relax
With tobacco and sugar/ and sugar
The people took centuries/ many people died to be ....
to bring with sugar to this ...? / ...? stress universal hatred
I'm a latch key kid / Two plus one
I'm a latch key kid/ ...
I'm a latch key kid/ ....
I'm a latch key kid/ I'm a latch key kid
Got my muso wit
Can't do up my zip
I'm a latch key kid
Sent out into the cold again
I'm a latch key kid
Cold again
Bo diddy x7
I'm a latch key kid
Goin' around doin' the town
Goin' around doin' the town/ I'm a latch key kid
When they're in there's nothing to shout about
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid
And Dave is asleep again/on the bass
They're never in they're always out/ I'm a latch key kid
Mr and Mrs Smith/ Bo diddy x8
Mr and Mrs Smith
Mr M and I Smith
I'm a latch key kid/ Bo diddy x5
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid/ They're never in
I'm a latch key kid/ They're always out
I'm a latch key kid
My parents get people out
And there's nothing to shout about
And I'm in they're always out/ Bo diddy x5
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid, baby
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid
Bo diddy x11
My parents get people out
When they're in there's nothing to shout about
I'm a latch key kid
I'm a latch key kid
10. Is This New
(Smith/Toma)
2:12
It was something like
Judge and jury
Or Jeremy Kyle
Nobody knew
But still it was illusive
And though they pursued
Mr J. Archer as he separated everywhere
They knew Dot was his mum
But still they went on searching and searching
I was provoked
It was not in accord with any known law
Laughing in the middle
Time blenders all of them
The last statement with the department of no name
Proved diversible to the authorities
They knew Judy was his friend
Dot was his mum
But they still went on searching and searching
With no result
I was provoked
It was not in accord with any known law
Laughing in the middle
Time blenders all of them
At the end they tracked them down to a dancing high school
And his god damn rock school, featuring an Egyptian
At least one
And a Trombone musician
Then they disappeared
But they went off for ever
11. Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
(Smith/Spurr)
3:06
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
Time to wonder
Bury zero seven seven
Fifty-eight
Driver B
Released Albion
Late to reclaim
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
See
S.N.I.P.
To thinking about more
Plants
And more time to wonder
Where more gas and food is coming from
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Senior Twilight Stock Replacer
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Big day in omnipresence in Trafalgar
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
St. Gabriel's medical centre
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Get free calls for a year
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
[Senior Twilight Stock Replacer]
Reclaim in the Lord
12. Exploding Chimney
(Smith/Spurr/Melling/Poulou/Greenway)
2:30
Got rat poison
In my workshop
In my vicinity
I've got rat poison
In my vicinity
And I'm beyond redemption
And my chimney
Is exploding
My Chimney
Is exploding
Listen to me now
Herpes, scabies and AIDS, kids
Believe me kids
I've been through it all
You've gotta believe me kids
I've been through it all
Universal Wax Solvent
And my chimney
Is exploding
My Chimney
Is exploding
I've got a Universal Wax Solvent
Got rat poison
Outside
In my vicinity
Listen to me now kids
A Universal Wax Solvent
Is exploding
Imploding
Exploding
Exploding
Believe me kids
I've been through it all
(CD: tracks 1-12)
(LP side 1: tracks 1-5; side 2: tracks 6-12)
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Credits
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Mark E Smith - vocals
Peter Greenway - guitar
David Spurr - bass
Keiron Melling - drums
Eleni Poulou - keyboards, vocals
Produced by: Mark E Smith, Grant Showbiz, Andi Toma & Tim "Gracielands" Baxter
Engineered by: Tom Pritchard, Simon "Dingo" Archer, Olliver Groscheck
Cover artwork: Anthony Frost
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Recording info & notes
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Recorded at Mouse On Mars' St. Martin Ton Studio, Duesseldorf, May-June 2007 and Gracielands Studio, Rochdale late 2007.
There are some quite noticeable edits, particularly in track 5, that may sound like mastering faults - they are intentional.
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