The World Beaters Sing the World Beaters
| The World Beaters Sing the World Beaters | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by The 1970 England World Cup Squad | |
| Released | 1970 |
| Label | Pye Records |
| Producer | Bill Martin & Phil Coulter |
The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters is an album by the 1970 England World Cup squad created as a spin-off to the success of the song Back Home. The album featuring songs such as a recording of "Sugar Sugar" by Bobby Moore and Francis Lee.[1] The album was issued by Pye with a football shaped sleeve,[2] and reached the UK top 5.[3] The album was arranged by Phil Coulter and produced by Coulter and Bill Martin.[4] Aside from the single "Back Home" and B-side "Cinnamon Stick", the album featured a third original Martin-Coulter composition "Glory-O", which was re-recorded two years later by a marching band directed by Martin and Coulter as the B-side of the songwriter's Philips single of the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics fanfare composed by Herbert Rehbein.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back Home" | Martin, Coulter | 2.07 | |
| 2. | "Sugar, Sugar" | Kim, Barry | Moore, Lee | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Lovey-Dovey" | Martin, Coulter | Banks | 2:25 |
| 4. | "Lily the Pink" | Gorman, McGear, McGough | Hurst, Astle, Bonetti | 4:14 |
| 5. | "You're in my Arms" | Martin, Coulter | Astle | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Puppet on a String" | Martin, Coulter | 2:10 | |
| 7. | "Congratulations" | Martin, Coulter | 2:32 | |
| 8. | "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | Lennon, McCartney | Peters, Hunter, Cooper, Wright, Moore | 2:52 |
| 9. | "Glory-O" | Martin, Coulter | Ball, Hughes | 2:29 |
| 10. | "Make Me an Island" | Hammond, Hazlewood | 2:53 | |
| 11. | "Cinnamon Stick" | Martin, Coulter | Labone, Lee | 2:08 |
| 12. | "There'll Always Be An England" | Charles, Parker | Ball, Moore, Charlton | 2:50 |
Reissues
Moore's contributions were reissued on Forever Blowing Bubbles a 1997 compilation album by West Ham United FC and supporters. The track listing includes:
- West Ham United — Boleyn Boys with the 1975 FA Cup Final West Ham United squad
- Oh Sweet England — Moore, Hurst & Peters with the 1975 FA Cup Final West Ham United squad
- Sugar Sugar - Bobby Moore & Friends
- I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Cockney Rejects
- West Side Boys — Cockney Rejects
- Viva Bobby Moore - The Business
- Bobby Moore Was Innocent - Serious Drinking
- Leroys Boots - Barmy Army
- Devo — Barmy Army
- Blunted Irons — United Nations
- Billy Bonds MBE — Barmy Army
- Come on You Irons - Rainbow's Quest
- Bobby Moore's legs — Barmy Army
- Up the Hammers — Alf's Army
- Over Land & Sea - Chicken Iron
- Terminator - Flat Back Four
References
- ↑ The Rough Guide to Cult Football "the Back Home album contained such treasures as Bobby Moore and Francis Lee singing "Sugar Sugar":
- ↑ Gramophone 1970 p.230 "you may enjoy the singalong .. more than I did, but I must congratulate Pye on the cleverly designed and shaped sleeve in the shape of a football"
- ↑ Dave McAleer The All Music Book of Hit Albums 1995 p.98
- ↑ "1970 England Football Squad, The* – The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.