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Sing to God is the seventh album by Cardiacs and their first with drummer Bob Leith. It was released in 1996. ''Sing to God'' was also the band's first double album, due to the sheer amount of material that group leader Tim Smith had written over a number of years with little or no Cardiacs live performances. The album was initially released as a limited run of 3000 double album sets, and later as two separate CDs. It is named after a children's hymn book owned by former Cardiacs keyboardist William D. Drake, although Smith has stressed the album is not a religious work. == Background == The album was preceded by the release of the ''Bellyeye'' single on (Org Records ) (the record-releasing wing of long-term Cardiacs’ supporters Organ Magazine).〔(Reviews of ''Sing to God'' album ) (archived on Cardiacs homepage)〕 The album featured two further singles, ''Manhoo'' and ''Odd Even'', both released (like the album) on the band's own Alphabet Business Concern label. None of the three singles charted. The album was notable for a change in Cardiacs' working methods. Whereas most previous material had been written and arranged by Tim Smith, the ''Sing to God'' sessions saw extensive contributions from Jon Poole who played a strong role in orchestrating Smith's basic material with detailed riffs and keyboard parts (and contributed several songs entirely written by himself). Drummer Bob Leith also made significant contributions to the album's lyrics. The album also features material from various Cardiacs related projects. The track "Nurses Whispering Verses" had been recorded twice before, once on the band's 1981 cassette album ''Toy World'' and once on the original cassette release of the band's 1984 album ''The Seaside'' (it was removed from the 1995 CD reissue). "Bell Stinks", "Bell Clinks" and "Angleworm Angel" were all taken from the repertoire of the thrash band Panixsphere (which featured Tim Smith and Jon Poole alongside Christian Hayes and David Francolini of Levitation). "Billion" is allegedly the first song which Tim Smith ever wrote, resurrected and recorded many years after its composition. The song "Wireless" features Tim Smith reading from a children's story called "Peril on the Sea" written by Dawn Staple (who would join the band in 2004 as a percussionist and backing singer). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sing to God」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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