Ship of Fools (album)

Ship of Fools
Studio album by Tuxedomoon
Released	1986
Recorded	December 1985 – January 1986
Studio	Daylight Studios (Brussels, BE)
Genre	Post-punk, new wave
Length	28:03
Label	Cramboy
Producer	Gilles Martin, Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Holy Wars (1985) Ship of Fools (1986) You (1987)

Ship of Fools is the fifth studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released in 1986 by Cramboy.^[1][2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Atlantis"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert	Steven Brown	5:03
2.	"Reeding, Righting, Rhythmatic"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Luc Van Lieshout	Steven Brown	4:53
3.	"Break the Rules"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Luc Van Lieshout	Steven Brown and Bruce Geduldig	4:09
4.	"A Piano Solo"	Steven Brown		2:54
5.	"Lowlands Tone Poem"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Luc Van Lieshout		1:55
6.	"Music for Piano + Guitar"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert		1:50
7.	"An Afternoon With N"	Steven Brown		2:29
8.	"The Train"	Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Ivan Georgiev	Steven Brown	4:50

Personnel

Adapted from the Ship of Fools liner notes.^[3]

Tuxedomoon Steven Brown – lead vocals (1–3, 8), soprano saxophone (1–3), piano (5–7), keyboards (3), clarinet (8) Peter Dachert (as Peter Principle) – bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8), guitar (1, 2, 6), percussion (1–3), EBow (6) Ivan Georgiev – organ (1), synthesizer (1, 3), bass guitar (2), piano (8) Luc Van Lieshout – trumpet (1, 3, 7), flugelhorn (1, 5, 8), synthesizer (2, 8),organ (2), harmonica (3), percussion (6)

Additional musicians Marcia Barcellos – backing vocals (2) Bruce Geduldig – lead vocals (3) Thierry Szyfer – drums (8) Production and additional personnel Jean-Marie Jacobs – photography Daniel Leon – recording (8) Gilles Martin – production, recording Tuxedomoon – production, arrangement

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Netherlands	1986	Cramboy	CD, LP	CBoy 6060
United States		Restless	LP	72149
Greece		Virgin		VG 50188

References

1. "Tuxedomoon: Ship of Fools > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
2. Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David (2007). "Tuxedomoon". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
3. Ship of Fools (booklet). Tuxedomoon. Brussels, Belgium: Cramboy. 1986.

External links

• Ship of Fools at Discogs (list of releases)