Peep Show (Alternative TV album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Peep Show

| type = studio

| artist = Alternative TV

| cover = Peep Show (Alternative TV album) cover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987}}

| recorded = May–July 1987

| venue =

| studio = Cold Storage, Brixton; Remaximum Studios, Clapham; Silent Music, Rotherhithe

| genre =

| length =

| label = Anagram

| producer = Grant Showbiz

| prev_title = Strange Kicks

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Dragon Love

| next_year = 1990

}}

{{album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/peep-show-mw0000959219 |title=Peep Show – Alternative TV | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=McFarlane |first=Dean |website=AllMusic |accessdate=June 10, 2016}}

| rev2 = New Musical Express

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite magazine|title=Alternative TV: Peep Show |last=North |first=Richard |date=28 November 1987 |magazine=New Musical Express|page=34}}

| rev3 = Trouser Press

| rev3score = generally favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=alternative_tv |title=TrouserPress.com :: Alternative TV |last1=Lamey |first1=Charles P. |last2=Green |first2=Jim |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=June 10, 2016}}

}}

Peep Show is the fourth studio album by English band Alternative TV, released in 1987 by record label Anagram.

Track listing

  1. "Chrissie's Moon"
  2. "Let's Sleep Now"
  3. "Tumble Time"
  4. "The River"
  5. "Boy Eats Girl"
  6. "My Baby's Laughing (Empty Summer Dream)"
  7. "Scandal"
  8. "White Walls"
  9. "Animal"

Personnel

  • Mark Perry – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Steve Cannell – bass, keyboards, percussion
  • Allison Phillips – drums, percussion

with

  • Protag – various guitars
  • Dave George – keyboards on "Tumble Time", "The River" and "White Walls"
  • Anno Graver – vocals on "Boy Eats Girl"
  • Justin Adams – guitar on "Let's Sleep Now"
  • Karl Blake – guitar on "Boy Eats Girl"
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone, trumpet
  • Dave Jago – trombone
  • Frank Sweeney – violin, viola
  • Izzy Davies – vocals on "Tumble Time" and "White Walls"
  • Clive Giblin – guitar on "Animal"

References

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