Ship of Fools (album)

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

Ship of Fools
Studio album by Tuxedomoon
Released	1986 (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)

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.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Ship of Fools at Discogs (list of releases)