The Empire Strikes Back (Country Teasers album) explained

The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth studio album by Country Teasers.

Reception

Frieze magazine described the album as "Full of moral outrage, scything black humour and joyful Garage-Punk invention, it is also a provocative assault on the hypocritical uses and abuses of language."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Wallers except where noted.

Side one

1. "Spiderman in the Flesh" (Wallers/Roger Waters) – 4:09
2. "Points of View" – 5:06
3. "Hitlers & Churchills" – 3:09
4. "Mos E17ley" – 4:43
5. "The Ship" – 4:15
6. "Raglan Top of Lonsdale Grey" – 5:26

Side two

1. "Good Looking Boys or Women" – 3:23
2. "Your English" – 3:56
3. "Panic Holiday" – 3:42
4. "White Patches" – 7:16
5. "Please Ban Music / Gegen Alles" – 5:02

Personnel

• Leighton Crook – drums, bass (11)
• Alastair Mackinven – guitar, percussion (9)
• Robert McNeill – keyboard, guitar "Oscillations" (4)
• Sophie Politowicz – bass guitar, drums (11)
• Ben Wallers – vocals, guitar; creaking on the "Ship, Oscillations" (9)

Notes and References

1. News: Nathaniel Mellors . The Empire Strikes Back . Frieze . September 2006 . 13 February 2014.