Aint That A Kick In The Head - original motion picture soundtrack

by Steve Smart Poetry & Music

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This special digital edition of the album comes with all kinds of bonus bits - video clips, related posters and zines, the original album artwork and an extra live track, as well as extensive liner notes for each track on the album. Value? Shit yeah!

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Not even a cup of tea (or Smarty sings weird songs), Palin says Pound, All The Blame - the best of Steve Smart, Voices In My Head - Disc 2, Voices In My Head - Disc 1, Unbitter, This Late Hour, Aint That A Kick In The Head - original motion picture soundtrack, and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Dusted 01:30	info	buy track
2.	Forgetting Fear 00:57	info	buy track
3.	After The Ante 02:09	info	buy track
4.	For Shelton 02:55		buy track
5.	Fucking Poet 01:20	info	buy track
6.	Hellfire 01:50	info	buy track
7.	That Erotic Poem 01:55	info	buy track
8.	Blind And I 02:01	info	buy track
9.	A Bridge Between or 'The Corpse of Bill Hicks' 01:53	info	buy track
10.	Dinner At Midnight 02:02	info	buy track
11.	Warning Sign (B-Rad Stylin’ Mix) 04:21	info	buy track
12.	Handbreak 03:24	info	buy track
13.	Your Paranoia 01:24	info	buy track
14.	Stating Grace 02:10		buy track
15.	Nick Cave Moments 01:31	info	buy track
16.	Less The Predator 02:11	info	buy track
17.	Fetishist 01:09	info	buy track
18.	Another Spinning Monkey Poem 01:57	info	buy track
19.	The Great Bingo Curse 03:06	info	buy track
20.	Shameless 01:13	info	buy track
21.	Melting Paint 03:53		buy track
22.	Quick Change In Need Of Editor 03:02	info	buy track
23.	Nihilist With A Twist 02:59	info	buy track

about

'Ain't That A Kick In The Head' was not just an album, it was an entire concept, a monstrous beast that overtook my life for quite a while there. There was a zine, two substantial tours, a number of video clips and what can be best described as a kind of zen/bourbon philosophy. And ever the voice of Dean Martin followed me wherever I went.

ATAKITH was definitely my most collaborative album, working with different producers, engineers and musicians. Many thanks to all of them: Brad Armstrong, Leigh Robertson, Matt Hetherington aka Zaziz, and Steve Grimwade. All individual tracks are credited with the cats what worked on them (ooh, I felt just like Steve Jones then!) but I should thank Steve Grimwade and RRR FM for getting the ball rolling. Mr Grimwade very kindly offered me an hour of studio time at RRR to record a bunch of poems that made up the bulk of the vocals for 'Ain't That A Kick'. Occasionally we had to redo a particular poem because Steve's laughter was a bit too audible - he's a good audience : )

The album was launched on October 28th 2006 at the Dan O'Connell Hotel along with Helen Boettcher's CD 'Today Is Beautiful'. The night was MC'd by Fiona Sievers and also featured Julian Langan-Fox, Meg Dunn, Matt Hetherington, Leigh Robertson and Jez Speelman.

The album is dedicated in memorium to Sandon Mcleod, my partner, my best friend, my love. Miss you kid.

Thanks also to Emily Ulman, whose songs provided inspiration for several of the poems. I recommend you go seek out all of her albums, she's incredible.

credits

released October 28, 2006

All words written by Steve Smart
Tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10 – Music composed and performed by Leigh Robertson
Track 11 – Music composed and performed by Brad Armstrong
Track 20, 21 & 23 – Music composed and performed by Zaziz (Matt Hetherington)

All tracks produced by Steve Smart except:
1,3,8,10 produced by Leigh Robertson
11 produced by Brad Armstrong

Vocals on all tracks except 1, 3, 8, 10 & 23 recorded by
Steve Grimwade at 3RRR, East Brunswick in early 2006

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Steve Smart is practically indestructible. Hard headed and stubborn, he may not be the most famous poet in the world but no one can say it's from lack of trying. All of his poetry and music albums are right here at Bandcamp.

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