Description
Roger Chapman & The Shortlist – Hyenas Only Laugh For Fun / Castle Communications Audio CD 1992 / CLACD 305
UPC 5017615630527
Hyenas Only Laugh for Fun is the third solo album by singer Roger Chapman and his band The Shortlist. The album was released 1981.
- Roger Chapman – Harmonica, vocals
- Tim Hinkley – Keyboards
- Geoff Whitehorn – Guitars
- Steve Simpson – Violin, mandolin, slide guitar
- Jerome Rimson – Bass guitar
- John Wetton – Bass guitar
- Leonard "Stretch" Stretching – Drums
- Alan Coulter – Drums
- Nick Pentelow – Saxophones
- Poli Palmer – Synthesisers, programming
- Raymond Burrell – Editing blocks
- Duncan Kinnell – Percussion
- Jill Mumford - sleeve design
Tracklist:
| 1 | Prisoner | 5:38 |
| 2 | Hyenas Only Laugh For Fun |
3:10 |
| 3 | Killing Time | 5:35 |
| 4 | Wants Nothing Chained | 3:00 |
| 5 | The Long Goodbye | 4:39 |
| 6 | Bllod And Sand | 4:55 |
| 7 | Common Touch | 5:10 |
| 8 | Goodbye Reprise | 1:10 |
| 9 | Hearts On The Floor | 4:30 |
| 10 | Step Up - Take A Bow | 3:30 |
| 11 |
Jukebox Mama | 1:22 |
- Backing Vocals – The Shortlist
- Bass Guitar – Jerome Rimson, John Wetton
- Design [Sleeve] – Jill Mumford
- Drums – Alan Coulter, Stretch
- Edited By [Editing Blocks] – Raymond Burrell
- Guitar – Geoff Whitehorn
- Keyboards – Tim Hinkley
- Percussion – Duncan Kinnell
- Producer – Paul Smykle, Terry Barham
- Saxophone – Nick Pentelow
- Synthesizer, Programmed By – Poli Palmer
- Violin, Mandolin, Guitar [Slide Guitar] – Steve Simpson
- Vocals [Uncredited] – Roger Chapman
Roger Maxwell Chapman (born 8 April 1942 in Leicester), also known as Chappo, is an English rock vocalist. He is best known as a member of the progressive rock band Family, which he joined along with Charlie Whitney, in 1966 and also the rock, R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974. His idiosyncratic brand of showmanship when performing and vocal vibrato led him to become a cult figure on the British rock scene. Chapman is claimed to have said that he was trying to sing like both Little Richard and his idol Ray Charles. Since the early 1980s he has spent much of his time in Germany and has made occasional appearances there and elsewhere.
In Germany, he was awarded an Artist of the Year award during the 1980s, followed by a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
