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Levitate
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Original UK release
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First released 29 September 1997 on Artful Records LP: ARTFULLP9; cassette: ARTFULMC9; CD: ARTFULCD9; and Limited Edition CD: ARTFULCDX9 (2 CDs)
01. Ten Houses Of Eve
(Smith/Nagle)
3:39
Can you see the ten houses of Eve?
And can you enter the ten houses of Eve?
And will you deny your own treat?
Dare you enter the ten houses of Eve?
Turn around and face the ten houses of Eve
If only
Identity art
If only the shards would relocate back in place
In your blue green and grey heart
For
Bedecked in lace
If only thoust could
In a rap sort of style
Understand
Will those shards relocate
If only...
Can you dig the ten houses of Eve?
Turn around and look at the ten houses of Eve
And will blood flow 'til you see
Do you believe you can enter the houses of Eve
Wake up and see
..., yeah
Do you believe?
The ten houses of Eve
02. Masquerade
(Smith/Nagle)
3:58
This is new
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
Account is altered
And nine year olds
Walk around
In debt record
Account is altered
The grim visage
Account is delta
All yours
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back your horses
About a week
A special allowance
Ran out yesterday
The Masquerah..
The Masquerade
The Masqueraderie
Like a fish dish
The grim visage
Altered again
And again
The fifty percent interest
Ran out today
Account altered
In succour
All granted
Knew your desperate comrades
Evaporated
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
That has the pipe
Of Aluminium
Sprawling underneath it?
You rich pig
What the hell's it?
The Masquerah..
The Masquerade
The Masqueraderie
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back you horses
About a week
A special allowance
Ran out yesterday
The Masquerah..
The Masquerade
The Masqueraderie
Like a fish dish
The grim visage
Altered again
And again
The fifty percent interest
Ran out today
In Bolton
In succour
All granted
Knew you
03. Hurricane Edward
(Smith/Nagle)
5:52
(taped narrative):
Awake at 5am
Mr Hughes was right in retrospect
He knew the climate
I was a farm hand in Ross County
Then he came
The Hurricane
(MES):
This cleanliness won't take your brass
Mr Greaves was right in retrospect
He knew this climate
I'm not an ordinary guy
Am I?
I held yellow thick ropes
So died before him
I was a farm hand
Then came
Hurricane
Then came
Hurricane
Asleep at twelve thirty
In cosy cots
I get up early
I plough the land
Then came
Hurricane
My ears are rushed
My ears are rushed
There are characters in my brain
Hurricane rushed
Come at will
(jeers)
(Tommy):
I was always awake from 5 am
Mr Hughes was right in retrospect
He knew this climate
Ross County town
Bank is closed
Then come
Hurricane
04. I'm A Mummy
(unknown)
2:37
I'm a Mummy
I scare people
Look what happens when I walk up to somebody
I'm a Mummy
I was born one thousand nine hundred and fifty nine years ago
Look what happens when I walk up to somebody
I don't try to scare people
I really came back to meet Paul McCartney
But people run from me
Watch what happens when I walk up to somebody
I wish there was someone somewhere that wasn't scared of me
I'm a Mummy
Hide quick a Mummy
Watch what happens when I walk up to somebody
Aaaah!
I don't try to scare people
But look what happens when I walk up to somebody
I'm a Mummy
Skinny Mummy
You don't scare me
What's happening here?
You're not mad enough
Skinny Mummy
I'm a fifth element
My daddy was a mummy too
They were born one thousand and sixty six nine hundred years ago
But look what happens when I walk up to somebody
Mercy
I'm outta here
05. The Quartet Of Doc Shanley
(Smith/Hanley, S)
3:13
(Julia):
I'm fed up with this world
Pentangle knife
My other me, Cantonine
(MES):
Question eight
Dentist
November
(Julia):
Question, you...
(MES):
The guardian [garbled]
(Julia):
If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I
mean when I say recipe
(MES):
Pseudo
Hark
(Julia):
If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I
mean when I say recipe
(MES):
B.C. Rich Bich guitar (snigger)
When I was...
(Julia):
Question, you need someone to stay with me all the time...
You only come round for...
I'm fed up with this world...
Pentangle knife...
My other me, Cantonine
(Tommy):
If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I
mean when I say recipe
Recipe
(MES):
Electronic simulations...
Anyone who has recent..
(Julia):
My other me, Cantonine
(MES):
That's a rich...
(Julia):
If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I
mean when I say recipe
(MES):
...astute question
(Tommy):
If you're like me you're a complete and utter pranny you'll know what I
mean when I say recipe
(MES):
Wired for the weird
Little wonder Danny Sabre
Of course Chris Carter has recently...
...another series
Millenium
(Julia):
My other me, Cantonine
(MES):
I must feel like starting on page one-hundred and fifty-four
06. Jap Kid
(Nagle)
3:03
[-]
07. 4 1/2 Inch
(Smith, ME/Hanley, S)
3:56
The house is falling in (clou-)
Shove over
Nine to ten
(Cloud coverage)
(Cloud coverage)
The house is falling in
Ecstatic midges
(Cloud coverage) (For-)
Cloud coverage (Forwards) (Force ten)
Depressive gale (Cloud)
Uh-Force ten
Depressive gale
Times two
Uh-Force ten (quick) The house is falling in
(Force ten) The house is falling in-
Ecstatic midges
Cloud coverage (house is) (cloud coverage) (House is falling in)
Force ten
Ecstatic Midges (House is falling in) (cloud coverage) (is falling in)
The house is falling in (nation of)
Ecstatic midges (house is falling)
(Cloud coverage)
The house is falling in (The house is falling in) (Force ten)
Force ten
(You're on--) Ecstatic midges (Force ten)
Ecstatic midges (force ten)
Shove over!
Nation of (Shove over!)
Nosy
Idle (Shove over!)
Gossips
Nine to ten
Inch
Nine to ten
Inch
(Cloud coverage)
The house is falling in (cloud cov-) (Force)
(Two) (-ch) (force)
(Cloud coverage) (force)
Times two
Ecstatic (house) [Feel so low]
Ecstatic midges (force ten)
[Feel so low]
Ecstati-
Ecstatic midges (Times two)
(you're) Force ten
(????War in quotes????)
(Ecstatic)
Nine to Ten
Nine to Ten
(cloud coverage) (Feel so low) (Inch)
(it seems too low)
(cloud coverage)
(Looks like) [I feel so low]
Times two
Ecstatic (cloud coverage)
Nine to ten
Nine to ten [Feel so low]
Inch [I feel so low]
Force ten
Depressive gale
[clou-] Sh-Shove over
[clou-] Shove over
Nine to ten (Nine to ten)
Nine to ten
Nine to ten (Shove over)
Nine to te- (Idle gossips) (shove over) (garbled)
Ecstatic midges
Nine to ten
Inch (Force ten)
[falsetto -- garbled] Force ten
(Walk to the middle)
Force ten [cloud coverage]
(Walks) (Force)
(Walks straight) {** All garbled and panned at same time}
Port-stead
Port-stead
Southwards
And it's trouble
Force two
[falsetto -- garbled]
[falsetto -- garbled]
Nine to ten
(Shove over) [I feel so] Walks right-
Nosy Idle gossips
[I feel so low]
Walks right
Nine to ten (garbled)
Nine to ten [I feel so low]
Nine to ten (garbled)
(garbled) (garbled) {** All garbled and panned at same time}
Ecstatic midges
Cloud coverage
Ecstatic midges
Nation of nosy idle gossips
[???And it's blocked like of Krautrock???] **In megaphone-like voice**
Shove over [Cloud coverage] (force ten)
Cloud coverage (House falling in)
Force ten (Ecstatic) (garbled)
Nine to ten (Ecstatic Midges) (House)
Inch (House is)
Southwards
Force ten [Quick hou-]
A nation [I feel so]
A nation
Idle gossips
Force ten
Ecstatic midges (house is falling in)
Force ten
A nation (Shove over)
A nation
Idle gossips
08. Spencer Must Die
(Smith/Spencer)
3:59
JJK Mel
Scent of Vichy
....expensive
JJK Mel
A.K.A. M.E.L.P/B.L.E.
Speciality
Superb sunflowers
From the outskirts
the melodic experience
amplified
over centuries
raspberries in te... [cuts out]
[....]
M.E. M.E.L. Ssssssssss [backing track - M E L...]
Speciality
Superb sunflowers
from the outskirts
Melodic experience
Amplified
Over
Centuries
raspberries
Ordinance special extra
[next bit is v. unclear and so guessed]
radiator
[...] connery
[......]
mine zine
to purchase with it's compliments
violence goes all fragmented zinc slinip [??!?]
Amberdash
JK attacks
JJK Mel
speciality superb sunflowers
from the outskirts
Amplified up the centuries
raspberries intense
Spence
thoughts on the antique
[.....] road fest
bungee jumping
in so..... (fades)
09. Jungle Rock
(Mizell)
3:10
I was walking through the jungle just the other night
When I heard a big rumble and I thought it was a fight
I lost all volition and began to move my feet
It was a jungle drummer doing a knock down beat
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
A knock down beat and a chucked down set
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Well I moved a little closer just to get a better view
I saw a chimp and a monkey getting in a taxi queue
A hippo Jurassic Park we'll do it on the hop
Well the big big bounce was making me hop
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
And a knock down beat with a hip hop on my feet
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
And the fox grabbed the rabbit and they did the bunny hug
And all the beasts standing were cutting a rug
And the camel was talking to a special contibutor
And the elephant and the monkey did the ring dang do
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Shot down beat and a hip hop on my feet
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
I was walking through the jungle just the other night
And the blues songs were pumping it white
10. Ol' Gang
(Smith/Wolstencroft/Hanley, S)
3:59
Walking down the street
Just the other night
I turned the corner to a fist fight
And I look-ah
I look-ah
I look around
Ol' Gang
Ol' Gang
Not around
Ol' Gang
Pretty short
Ol' Gang
Wants to get off home
Ol' Gang
Management
Programmes
Ol' Gang
I was walking down the street
Just the other night
Ol' Gang
Ol' Gang
Walking down the street
Give me small bother
Went around the corner
Feeling pretty mad
Well God damn it's
Ol' Gang
11. Tragic Days
(Smith/Bramah)
1:29
[-]
12. I Come And Stand At Your Door
(Anon/Nagle)
3:31
I come and stand at every door
But no-one hears my silent plea
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead for I am dead
I need no fruit nor even rice
I need no meat nor even bread
And I need nothing for myself
When children die they do not grow
I woke one day to ash in light
My eyes grew dim my eyes grew bright
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And scattered swirling in the wind
I need no fruit nor even spice
I need no sweet or even bread
And I need nothing for myself
13. Levitate
(Smith/Nagle)
2:49
In a conservatory
I looked at him
He was adjacent to me
I thought about my debts
He was talking about his house
In the Lake District
Come levitate
In the greater hospital
My friends said HMO times three
To the mirth that what you think
The transfer mess backed up two hours
Had to levitate from a grey map - PAID
The snazzy japes of a Basingstoke shot
Basing in stocks
Under the green frock
Below the granite complex
Needed true grit
To levitate
Levitate with me
Levitate with me
Levitate with me
14. Everybody But Myself
(Smith/Wolstencroft)
4:15
(vocals from live audience:)
Mark E Smith
Crowd control
Crowd
Crowd
Crowd control
Crowd
Crowd (Is that all you can say?)
Crowd
Crowd
Crowd control
Crowd control
I can't seem to plug myself in
Plug myself in
Plug myself in
Appliances are broken
I don't want to know
Fix them
Do me a favour - cut your lip and shut up
(MES vocals:)
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Myself
Everybody but myself
Myself
Myself
I can't double dare
C'mon - yeah yeah
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Instant transfiguration
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Transfiguration
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
Everybody but myself
(LP and cassette side 1: tracks 1-7; side 2: tracks 8-14)
(CD: tracks 1-14)
The Limited Edition CD version came with a bonus CD containing the following tracks:
01. Powderkex
(Smith/Burns)
3:16
02. Christmastide
(Smith/Wolstencroft/Scanlon)
3:43
03. Recipe For Fascism
(Smith)
1:02
04. Pilsner Trail (live)
(Smith/Hanley, S)
5:19
05. Everybody But Myself (live)
(Smith/Wolstencroft)
3:05
Track 01 is a remix by D.O.S.E. of Powder Keg from the album The Light User Syndrome; track 02 is a remix of Xmas With Simon from the single High Tension Line.
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Credits
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Mark E Smith - vocals, keyboards
Steve Hanley - bass
Julia Nagle - keyboards, guitar, programming
Simon Wolstencroft - drums
Karl Burns - drums
Tommy Crooks - guitar
Andy Hackett - guitar
Produced by: Mark E Smith
Cover artwork: Tommy Crooks
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Recording info & notes
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Recorded at West Heath Studios, London; Beethoven Street Studios, London and PWL Studios, Manchester mid 1997.
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