Do They Hurt?

Do They Hurt?
Studio album by Brand X
Released	April 18, 1980
Recorded	Startling Studios, Ascot, UK, April 1979
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	39:48
Label	Charisma Records (UK) Passport Records (USA)
Producer	Brand X and Neil Kernon
Brand X chronology
Product (1979)Product1979 Do They Hurt? (1980) Is There Anything About? (1982)Is There Anything About?1982

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Do They Hurt? (1980) is an album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The tracks on this album are outtakes from the Product sessions. ("Noddy Goes to Sweden" was a B-side from Product.)

Track listing

Side one

1. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" (Jones) – 4:30
2. "Voidarama" (Goodsall) – 4:21
3. "Act of Will" (Goodsall) – 4:43
4. "Fragile" (Jones, Robinson) – 5:26

Side two

1. "Cambodia" (Goodsall) – 4:31
2. "Triumphant Limp" (Goodsall, Giblin, Lumley, Collins) – 7:34
3. "D.M.Z." (Jones) – 8:39

Personnel

A1 - A3 - A4 - B1 - B3

• John Goodsall – guitar (except A1), vocals (A3)
• J. Peter Robinson – keyboards, Gong [Tam Tam] (B1)
• Percy Jones – bass, vocals (A1)
• Mike Clark – drums
• Morris Pert – percussion (A1 and A4)

A2 - B2

• John Goodsall – guitar
• Robin Lumley – piano (A2), keyboards (B2)
• J. Peter Robinson – keyboards (A2), synth (B2), Gong [Tam Tam] (B2)
• John Giblin – bass
• Phil Collins – drums

Notes

• Robin Lumley (2002): "To this day I can proudly count Michael Palin and Terry Jones as good pals! I got Mike to do the sleeve notes on "Do They Hurt ?" (which is itself a line from Holy Grail (witch sequence)... He wanted 25 pence for writing the notes... Charisma didn't pay him so he threatened to sue! (a joke of course)".
• "Act of Will" is sung through a vocoder. John Goodsall himself said, in a private e-mail, that there were never any written lyrics. Various attempts have been made to puzzle out what he is saying, but the words are likely similar to Masoko Tanga by The Police and are not always words.
• This album consists of out-takes from the Product sessions. Because "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was included on this album, the song "Pool Room Blues" gains the distinction of being the only non-album Brand X song.