| Celts and Cobras | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Shakin' Pyramids |
| Cover: | Celtsandcobras.jpg |
| Released: | 9 May 1982 |
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| Genre: | Rockabilly |
| Label: | Cuba Libre (Virgin) |
| Producer: | Bob Andrews (tracks 2, 4, 7 and 9), Roger Bechirian (all others) |
| Prev Title: | Skin 'Em Up |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | The Shakin' Pyramids |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Celts and Cobras is the second and final studio album from the Scottish neo-rockabilly group the Shakin' Pyramids (billed on the album cover as "Shakin' Pyramids"), released in 1982 by Cuba Libre, a subsidiary of Virgin Records. "Just a Memory" and "Pharaoh's Chant" were released as singles from the album. It features a more diverse instrumental palette than the band's debut album, Skin 'Em Up (1981), but was seen as a departure from the group's original, immediate sound.
Celts and Cobras features more varied instrumentation than previous Shakin' Pyramids releases, but was seen as a departure from the band's original, immediate sound.[1] [2] [3] Trouser Press said, "Celts and Cobras offers a higher percentage of their own songs, but on it they're accompanied by piano, accordion, electric bass and even — gack! — a string section... The band still rocks, but they'd better figure out where they're going."[2] AllMusic gave the album 3/5 stars, and opined that "the energy and verve of their debut had been replaced by a stultifying maturity."[1] Ethnomusicologist Craig Morrison wrote, "[Celts and Cobras] drifted farther from rockabilly as they broadened their horizons... One writer asked, "From neo-rockabilly to neo-schlock—is this neo-progress?"[3]
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