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Popmatters	8/10

A Can of Bees is the 1979 debut album by English rock band The Soft Boys. The album was reissued in 1984 with a different track listing on the second side. Both versions of Side 2 appear on the CD reissue first put out by Two Crabs in 1990, subsequently reissued by Rykodisc in 1992, and Yep Roc in 2010.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robyn Hitchcock, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give It to the Soft Boys"		1:57
2.	"The Pig Worker"		4:30
3.	"Human Music"		4:30
4.	"Leppo and the Jooves"		5:27
5.	"The Rat's Prayer"		3:19
6.	"Do the Chisel"		3:03
7.	"Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"		3:47
8.	"The Return of the Sacred Crab"		2:54
9.	"Cold Turkey"	John Lennon	4:17
10.	"School Dinner Blues" (Live)		2:26
11.	"Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live)		4:08

1984 reissue track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give It to the Soft Boys"		1:57
2.	"The Pigworker"		4:29
3.	"Human Music"		4:31
4.	"Leppo & The Jooves"		5:29
5.	"The Rats Prayer"		3:19
6.	"Do the Chisel"		3:03
7.	"Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"		3:39
8.	"Fatman's Son"		2:38
9.	"(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live)		2:51
10.	"Ugly Nora" (Live)		3:05
11.	"Cold Turkey"	John Lennon	4:16

1992 CD reissue track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give It to the Soft Boys"		1:57
2.	"The Pig Worker"		4:30
3.	"Human Music"		4:30
4.	"Leppo and the Jooves"		5:27
5.	"The Rat's Prayer"		3:19
6.	"Do the Chisel"		3:03
7.	"Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"		3:47
8.	"The Return of the Sacred Crab"		2:54
9.	"Cold Turkey"	John Lennon	4:17
10.	"School Dinner Blues" (Live)		2:26
11.	"Wading Through a Ventilator" (Live)		4:08
12.	"Leppo & The Jooves"		5:29
13.	"Sandra's Having Her Brain Out"		3:39
14.	"School Dinner Blues"		2:14
15.	"Fatman's Son"		2:38
16.	"(I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (Live)		2:51
17.	"Ugly Nora" (Live)		3:05

Personnel

Robyn Hitchcock – guitar, vocals
Kimberley Rew – guitar
Jim Melton – harmonica, percussion
Gerry Hale – violin
Andy Metcalfe – bass
Morris Windsor – drums

Technical

Mike Kemp – engineer

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r76684
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Larkin, Colin (11 February 1998). "The encyclopedia of popular music". London : Macmillan – via Internet Archive.
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Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (Christian David) (11 February 2004). "The new Rolling Stone album guide". New York : Simon & Schuster – via Internet Archive.
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