Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends

2001 compilation album by Cardiacs and various artists

Released

6 August 2001

Length

73:03

Compiler

Cardiacs chronology

Guns
(1999)

Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends
(2001)

Greatest Hits
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends is a compilation album published by Org Records, the record label associated with the Organ fanzine, and All My Eye and Betty Martin Music. It collects recent songs by Cardiacs and associated projects featuring Tim Smith, including Spratleys Japs, the Sea Nymphs and OceanLandWorld (1995). Other acts include Mikrokosmos (Bic Hayes), Catherine in a Cupboard (Bob Leith and Jim Smith), Lake of Puppies (William D. Drake) and solo tracks by Drake, Mark Cawthra and Jon Poole.

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Cabinet"	Spratleys Japs	10:59
2.	"No Gold"	Cardiacs	3:32
3.	"Hold Like Mother's Hand"	mikrokosmos	3:47
4.	"Jitterbug (Junior Is A)"	Cardiacs	7:31
5.	"Fiery Pyre"	William D. Drake	2:47
6.	"Wireless"	Cardiacs	8:14
7.	"Hazel"	Spratleys Japs	3:01
8.	"Appealing to Venus"	The Sea Nymphs	2:33
9.	"Eden on the Air"	Cardiacs	2:21
10.	"Swimming with the Snake"	Tim Smith	6:27
11.	"Building Cakes"	Catherine in a Cupboard	4:09
12.	"Truth Be Told"	Mark Cawthra	4:49
13.	"Swim My Own Blood"	Jon Poole	4:42
14.	"Foundling"	Cardiacs	4:43
15.	"Largelife"	The Lake of Puppies	3:28
Total length:			73:03

Adapted from the Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends liner notes.

AllMusic gives a release date of 16 July.
The spine and CD includes the text "Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends", although the title is written as "A Remorseless and Insouciant Compendium of Songs by Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends" on the cover.

"News". The Cardiacs. 23 July 2001. Archived from the original on 13 August 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
"Organ Radio". Organ. Archived from the original on 9 March 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
"Cardiacs - Songs by Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Org 2001" (with quotation marks).
^ Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends (liner notes). Cardiacs and Various Artists. UK: Org Records. 2001. ORG228.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.

Studio albums

Demo albums

Live albums

Compilations

Extended plays

Singles

Other songs

Articles	Discography Band members Organ Sunday Sport Stephen Gilchrist Medical Grade Music
Bands	Blurt Chrome Hoof Circulus Dark Star Guapo Knifeworld Levitation The Monsoon Bassoon North Sea Radio Orchestra Ring Shrubbies Sidi Bou Said Silver Ginger 5 Spratleys Japs The Dowling Poole The Sea Nymphs The Sound The Trudy The Wildhearts
Albums	Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake The Sea Nymphs Tim Smith's Extra Special OceanLandWorld Pony
Tribute albums	Leader of the Starry Skies: A Tribute to Tim Smith, Songbook 1 Singin' to God

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