LSD is a Rock album by Cardiacs, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
LSD is the sixth studio album by Cardiacs. It was originally set to be released somewhere in 2008, but due to frontman Tim Smith's illness he got after an unfortunate cardiac arrest in early 2008, the album was shelved. However, three songs off the album - Ditzy Scene, Gen and Made All Up - were already released in 2007 as the Ditzy Scene EP. Smith sadly passed away on July 21st, 2020. On September 1st, 2020, The Alphabet Business Concern released one more single that was originally intended for but eventually not included with the LSD album, titled Vermin Mangle. On July 31st, 2025, LSD was properly announced to be released on September 19th, 2025, with single Woodeneye played on BBC6 as promotion.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Men In Bed3:39
- A2The May2:57
- A3Gen3:44
- A4Woodeneye3:20
- A5Spelled All Wrong5:10
Side B
- B1By Numbers4:19
- B2The Blue And Buff2:52
- B3Skating7:44
- B4Breed3:12
- B5Volob3:54
Side C
- C1Busty Beez8:59
- C2Lovely Eyes3:40
- C3Ditzy Scene6:40
Side D
- D1Downup4:31
- D2A Roll From A Dirty Place3:25
- D3Made All Up5:14
- D4Pet Fezant6:53
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- dense
- hypnotic
- psychedelic
Originally intended for release at some point in the late 2000s, work was halted on 25 June 2008 following Tim Smith's stroke. The album, then spearheaded by Jim Smith following his brother's passing in 2020, was completed between 2021-24.
One single exists from the 2000s album rollout, being Ditzy Scene, containing the original mixes of its title track alongside Gen and Made All Up; three digital one-track singles were released in the lead-up to the 2025 release, being the new mixes, and. Vermin Mangle, a track released on the same day as Tim Smith's funeral in 2020, was originally intended as the closer for LSD but ultimately not included.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bob LeithVOICE, DRUMS
- Craig FortnamVOICE, GLOCKENSPIEL , PERCUSSION WRITTEN-BY , ARRANGED BY
- Darius Luke ThompsonSTRINGS, VIOLIN
- Harry EscottSTRINGS, CELLO
- James LarcombePIANO, KEYBOARDS
- Jim SmithVOICE, BASS
- Kavus TorabiVOICE, GUITAR, E-BOW
- Max BaillieSTRINGS, VIOLIN
- Mickey McMillanBRASS, TROMBONE
- Oliver LangfordSTRINGS, VIOLA
- Pat WhiteBRASS, FLUGELHORN
- Rob CrowDRUM PROGRAMMING , EDITED BY
- Ruth O'ReillyBRASS, FRENCH HORN
- Sam BartonBRASS, TRUMPET
- Stephen GilchristDRUMS
- Tim SmartBRASS, TENOR TROMBONE, BASS TROMBONE
- Tim SmithVOICE, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
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