The Monks - Suspended Animation (1981) [Complete LP]

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The Monks were created by Richard Hudson and John Ford, who had recorded previously as Hudson-Ford (I'll upload some Hudson-Ford albums in future)

The Monks released two albums, this one being the band's second release.

Suspended Animation was released on 1981 on the Polydor label, catalogue number PDS-1-6314. Unfortunately The Monks did not achieve the commercial success their talents deserved and both albums by The Monks were deleted by the 1990's. The Monks albums were -re-released on CD by a re-issue label but those re-issue CDs are (as far as I'm aware) no longer available.

Richard Hudson and John Ford had a strong sense of humor (much of which will be hated by today's woke and politically correct crowd) and the comes out strongly in their lyrics. A lot of their humor was directed toward parodying the punk scene which was prevalent at the time this album was released.

The audio here was taken from a 1981 Canadian pressing of the original vinyl LP.

Track List:

1. Don't Want No Reds 0:00
2. Suspended Animation 2:55
3. Don't Bother Me I'm A Christian 7:33
4. James Bondage 10:51
5. Grown Ups 14:06
6. Oxford Street 16:53
7. Cool Way To Live 21:03
8. I Can Do Anything You Like 24:10
9. Plastic Max 28:18
10. King Dong 31:37
11. Space Fruit 35:54