Deep & Meaningless

Deep & Meaningless
Studio album by
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
Released10 June 1978
StudioBray Sound Studios, Windsor, Berkshire
GenreIndie folk
Length35:25
LabelPolydor
ProducerWild Willy Barrett
John Otway chronology
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
(1977) 		Deep & Meaningless
(1978) 		Where Did I Go Right?
(1979)
Wild Willy Barrett chronology
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
(1977) 		Deep & Meaningless
(1978) 		Call of the Wild
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Deep & Meaningless is the second album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett.[2] It was released in 1978.[3] The album included the song "Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeah)", which was voted Britain's seventh most popular song lyric in a 1999 BBC online poll.[4] The song's strong showing—ahead of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"—was the result of what Otway's website described as a "well orchestrated campaign" by fans.[5]

AllMusic rates the album as a "triumph" and gives it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by John Otway except where noted

Side one

  1. "Place Farm Way" - 3:31
  2. "To Anne" - 3:27
  3. "Beware of the Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going to Get You Yeah)" - 2:30
  4. "The Alamo" (Jane Bowers) - 3:16
  5. "Oh My Body is Making Me" - 4:09

Side two

1. "Josephine" (Otway, Warren Harry) - 7:02
2. "Schnot" - 2:44
3. (a) "Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones)
(b) "Running From the Law"
(c) "Riders in the Sky" - 3:03
4. "I Wouldn't Wish It On You" - 3:11
5. "Can't Complain" - 2:32

Personnel

  • John Otway - lead vocals, guitar,
  • Wild Willy Barrett - guitar, violin
  • Nigel Pegrum - drums
  • Maggie Ryder - backing vocals
  • Mark Freeman - drums
  • Dave Holmes - drums
  • Yvonne Grech - backing vocals
  • Simon Hanson
Technical
  • Adam Francis - engineer
  • Jill Mumford - sleeve design
  • Paddy Eckersley - photography

References

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Dave. John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett: Deep & Meaningless > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ^ Birchall, Clifford (29 June 1978). "The Quirks of Pop". Ormskirk Advertiser. p. 8.
  3. ^ BBC Music profile
  4. ^ Paul McCann, "John Otway 'a better lyricist than Dylan'", The Independent, 9 October 1999.
  5. ^ John Otway website