Bad Shave

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Bad Shave
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Studio album by Baby Bird
Released	October 1995 (UK)
Recorded	1990s
Genre	Lo-fi/Indie
Length	49:53
Label	Baby Bird Recordings
Producer	Stephen Jones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Baby Bird chronology
I Was Born a Man (1995) Bad Shave (1995) Fatherhood (1995)

Bad Shave was the second of five albums of home-made recordings, released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird in 1995.

It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD box set The Original Lo-Fi.

[edit] Track listing

1. "KW Jesus TV Roof Appeal"
2. "Bad Jazz"
3. "Too Handsome To Be Homeless"
4. "Steam Train"
5. "Bad Shave"
6. "Oh My God You're A King"
7. "The Restaurant Is Guilty"
8. "Valerie"
9. "Shop Girl"
10. "W.B.T."
11. "Hate Song"
12. "45 & Fat"
13. "Sha Na Na"
14. "Bug In A Breeze"
15. "It's Okay"
16. "Happy Bus"
17. "Swinging From Tree To Tree"

• A version of the album released as part of The Original Lo-Fi contains the additional tracks "Past Lasts Longer" and "Why?".

[edit] Reviews

"...unique, customised but never self-indulgent or irritatingly inaccessible. It's as off as it's beautiful, as rich as it's lo fi... imagine Ray Davies emerging, blinking and bearded, Howard Hughes like, after years in the darkness and you'll have some idea of the deeply, deeply English yet marvellously, utterly alien world of Baby Bird." - Melody Maker