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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
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Name = Fish's Head |
{{more citations needed|date=May 2016}}
Type = [[Album]] |
{{Infobox album
Artist = [[Fischer-Z]] |
Cover = Fish's_Head.jpg|
| name = Fish's Head
| type = [[Album]]
Released = 1989 |
Genre = [[New Wave music|New Wave]] |
| artist = [[Fischer-Z]]
Length = 44:00 |
| cover = Fish's_Head.jpg
Label = Ariola |
| alt =
| released = 1 May 1989<ref>{{cite magazine|date=1 April 1989|title=It's tasty.|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-04-01.pdf|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=2|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
Producer = John Watts |
Reviews =
| recorded =
| venue =
* [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|2|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzfuxqy5ldae link]
| studio =
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| genre = [[New wave music|New wave]]
Last album = ''[[Reveal (Fischer-Z)|Reveal]]''<br />(1987)|
| length = 44:00
This album = '''''Fish's Head'''''<br />(1989)|
| label = [[Ariola Records|Ariola]]
Next album = ''[[Destination Paradise]]''<br />(1992)
| producer = [[John Watts (singer)|John Watts]]
| prev_title = [[Reveal (Fischer-Z album)|Reveal]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Destination Paradise]]
| next_year = 1992
}}
}}
{{Album ratings

| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
'''''Fish's Head''''' was the fifth album under the name [[Fischer-Z]], and second album by the new re-vamped [[Fischer-Z]] after being revived in 1987, despite the departure of Denis Haines and Alan Morrison from the group. This album carries on in the same style as it's predecessor, ''[[Reveal (Fischer-Z)|Reveal]]''. '''''Fish's Head''''' included the evocative "Say No" single, with a politically charged black & white Nick Brandt promo clip which was banned by Watts’ own record label on the grounds of it potentially "endangering the lives of their employees worldwide".
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37575}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]''
| rev2Score = A/B:1<ref name="HiFiReview">{{cite news|last=Farmer|first=Neville|authorlink=Neville Farmer|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-09.pdf|title=Review: Fischer-Z — Fish's Head|work=[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]|type=magazine|date=September 1989|volume=34|issue=9|access-date=2 September 2021|page=100|location=[[Croydon]]|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902191056/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-09.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
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'''''Fish's Head''''' was the fifth album under the name [[Fischer-Z]], and second album by the new re-vamped [[Fischer-Z]] after being revived in 1987, despite the departure of Denis Haines and Alan Morrison from the group. This album carries on in the same style as its predecessor, ''[[Reveal (Fischer-Z album)|Reveal]]''. '''''Fish's Head''''' included the evocative "Say No" single, with a politically charged black & white Nick Brandt promo clip which was banned by Watts’ own record label on the grounds of it potentially "endangering the lives of their employees worldwide".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written by John Watts.
#Say No
#"Say No" - 4:03
#Masquerade
#"Masquerade" - 4:48
#It Could Be You
#"It Could Be You" - 4:58
#Sticky Business
#"Sticky Business" - 4:04
#Huba
#"Huba" - 4:02
#Oh Mother
#"Oh Mother" - 4:49
#Just Words
#"Just Words" - 4:26
#It's Only A Hurricane
#"It's Only a Hurricane" - 4:26
#She Said
#"She Said" - 4:09
#Ho Ho Ho
#"Ho Ho Ho" - 4:51


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Steve Kellner - drums
*Steve Kellner - drums
*Jennie Cruse - vocals
*Jennie Cruse - vocals

[[Category:Uncategorised albums]]
== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1989 albums]]
[[Category:Fischer-Z albums]]
[[Category:Ariola Records albums]]


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Latest revision as of 15:03, 18 May 2024

Fish's Head
Studio album by
Released1 May 1989[1]
GenreNew wave
Length44:00
LabelAriola
ProducerJohn Watts
Fischer-Z chronology
Reveal
(1987)
Fish's Head
(1989)
Destination Paradise
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA/B:1[3]

Fish's Head was the fifth album under the name Fischer-Z, and second album by the new re-vamped Fischer-Z after being revived in 1987, despite the departure of Denis Haines and Alan Morrison from the group. This album carries on in the same style as its predecessor, Reveal. Fish's Head included the evocative "Say No" single, with a politically charged black & white Nick Brandt promo clip which was banned by Watts’ own record label on the grounds of it potentially "endangering the lives of their employees worldwide".

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written by John Watts.

  1. "Say No" - 4:03
  2. "Masquerade" - 4:48
  3. "It Could Be You" - 4:58
  4. "Sticky Business" - 4:04
  5. "Huba" - 4:02
  6. "Oh Mother" - 4:49
  7. "Just Words" - 4:26
  8. "It's Only a Hurricane" - 4:26
  9. "She Said" - 4:09
  10. "Ho Ho Ho" - 4:51

Personnel

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  • John Watts - lead vocal, guitar
  • Ian Porter - bass, keyboards
  • Steve Kellner - drums
  • Jennie Cruse - vocals

References

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  1. ^ "It's tasty" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 April 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ Fish's Head at AllMusic
  3. ^ Farmer, Neville (September 1989). "Review: Fischer-Z — Fish's Head" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 100. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.