Music from Van-Pires
Music from Van-Pires is the only studio album recorded by the John Entwistle Band and is Entwistle's final solo album before his death in 2002. It was a soundtrack for the Sci-Fi Award-winning UPN animated children's computer-generated television series Van Pires, which only aired between 1997 and 1998, shooting 13 episodes, which Entwistle had been involved with. The album was not officially released as a collection. Some of the tracks appear on his solo compilation album So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology, despite this. Notably, this album was not re-released alongside Entwistle's other solo studio albums in 2005.
Music From Van-Pires | ||||
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Released | 2000[1] | |||
Recorded | Between 1978 - 1997 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, Rock | |||
Length | 56:16 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Pulsar | |||
Producer | Steve Luongo, John Entwistle | |||
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Singles from Music from Van-Pires | ||||
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The song "Bogey Man" was originally written for The Who's 1978 album Who Are You by John Entwistle, but was rejected by the band for being too humorous. A demo was recorded by Entwistle and Keith Moon. The demo went largely forgotten and was believed to have been lost until the 1990s.[2] Entwistle resorted to his old demos for material for the soundtrack to the 1997 children's television programme Van Pires, to help him meet a contract which agreed he would write and record 13 new songs and a theme tune in 3 months. When the band's drummer, Steve Luongo heard the demo, he recognized Keith Moon's drumming on the demo, and the band decided to record a new version of the song with Moon's original drum track.[3]
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Horror Rock" | John Entwistle, Steve Luongo | 2:55 |
2. | "Darker Side of Night" | Entwistle, Luongo, Alan St. Jon | 4:22 |
3. | "Sometimes" | Entwistle, Luongo, St. Jon | 4:20 |
4. | "Bogey Man" | Entwistle | 4:00 |
5. | "Good and Evil" | Townsend, St. Jon, Entwistle, Luongo | 5:31 |
6. | "When You See the Light" | Luongo | 4:01 |
7. | "Back on the Road" | Entwistle | 4:06 |
8. | "Left for Dead" | St. Jon, Entwistle, Luongo | 3:53 |
9. | "When the Sun Comes Up" | St. Jon, Entwistle, Luongo | 4:12 |
10. | "Rebel Without a Car" | Entwistle,Luongo | 3:37 |
11. | "Don't Be a Sucker" | Townsend, Entwistle, Luongo, St. Jon | 4:18 |
12. | "Endless Vacation" | Entwistle, Luongo, Mark Hitt | 3:20 |
13. | "I'll Try Again Today" | Entwistle, Luongo | 3:56 |
14. | "Face the Fear" | Townsend, Entwistle, Luongo | 3:38 |
Total length: | 56:16 |
Personnel
- The John Entwistle Band
- John Entwistle - vocals, bass guitar, brass, orchestration, mixing
- Steve Luongo - percussion, drums, vocals, orchestration, mixing
- Alan St. Jon - keyboards, synthesizer, organ, backing vocals, orchestration
- Godfrey Townsend - guitar, backing vocals
with:
- Leslie West - lead guitar and lead vocals on "Don't Be a Sucker"
- Keith Moon - drums on "Bogey Man"[4]
- Mark and Jade Varley - speech on "Good and Evil"
- Technical
- Bobby Pridden - engineer
References
- Ross, Curtis (22 September 2000). "Who bassist rocks art world". The Tampa Tribune. p. 94. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Segretto, Mike (March 2014). The Who FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Fifty Years of Maximum R&B. ISBN 9781480392533.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98Lgnne9o0
- Segretto, Mike (March 2014). The Who FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Fifty Years of Maximum R&B. ISBN 9781480392533.