The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit

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 1996 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

1999 albums

Boy George albums

Demo albums