The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit – Volume One is an album by English singer Boy George, released in 1998. The album's ten tracks were recorded in 1996The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit (booklet). Back Door Records. 1998. and were intended to be included on a follow-up to George's 1995 album Cheapness and Beauty, but it was shelved. The tracks were finally released in 1998 due to popular demand from fans and are presented on the album in demo form, mixed and not fully mixed.
The album includes "She Was Never He", a song that was first performed on late night BBC show Gaytime TV in 1995, as well as a cover version of David Bowie's "Suffragette City".
Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, Ned Raggett gave The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit three out of five stars, describing the album as "an enjoyable romp through a variety of fun rockers, some more pointedly tongue in cheek than others."
Track listing All songs written by George O'Dowd and John Themis, unless otherwise stated.
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.
Peter Adams – keyboards Sian Bell – cello Winston Blissett – bass Boy George – primary artist, vocals Alan Branch – engineer Cheeky Paul – editing Chris Davis – saxophone Snake Davis – saxophone Linda Duggan – background vocals Wilhelm Finger – sleeve art Kevan Frost – background vocals Eve Gallagher – vocals Mitt Gammon – harmonica Simon Gardner – flugelhorn, trumpet Haxwood Herbert – bagpipes Sally Herbert – violin Alan Jenkins – engineer Julian Mendelsohn – mixing Mary Pearse – background vocals Jocelyn Pook – viola André Scillag – original photography, photography Jonathan Shorten – keyboards J. Neil Sidwell – trombone Richard Sidwell – flugelhorn, trumpet Sonia Slany – violin Richie Stevens – drums John Themis – guitar, mixing, producer, background vocals Salvatore Vada – illustrations Zee – background vocals
References
External links The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit at Discogs