Momus Pubic Intellectual: An Anthology 1986-2016 CD

2016 three CD collection. Scottish artist Momus - the performing alias for Nick Currie - has curated a fascinating body of work over the course of the last 30 years for labels such as Creation, Cherry Red, Analog Baroque and ?l. For 30 years, he has been releasing albums to critical success. In his lyrics and his other writing, he makes novel use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness. " He seems fascinated by identity, Japan, Rome, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Celebrating his 30th anniversary, Pubic Intellectual is the first Anthology to document Momus' entire recorded output. Carefully compiled and annotated by the artist, with artwork by his chosen designer, this is a very personal statement. Included are many of Momus' most acclaimed songs - such as 'The Hairstyle Of The Devil', 'Lucky Like St. Sebastian' and 'Murderers, The Hope of Women'. Pubic Intellectual also draws on Momus' most recent albums from the noughties, such as Bibliotek, Bambi, Turpsycore and Glyptothek.

1. Lucky Like St Sebastian 2. Paper Wraps Rock 3. Murderers, the Hope of Women 4. Flame Into Being 5. Closer to You 6. A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy 7. (Parts 17-24) 8. The Homosexual 9. Bishonen 10. I Was a Maoist Intellectual 11. How Do You Find My Sister? 12. The Hairstyle of the Devil 13. Shaftesbury Avenue 14. Morality Is Vanity 15. Bluestocking 16. Ventriloquists and Dolls 17. Summer Holiday 1999 18. Cibachrome Blue 19. Voyager 20. Spacewalk 21. Platinum 22. Enlightenment 23. Rhetoric 24. Last of the Window Cleaners 25. The Cheque's in the Post 26. The Cabinet of Kuniyoshi Kaneko 27. Microworlds 28. The Sadness of Things 29. London 1888 30. The End of History 31. I Want You, But I Don't Need You 32. The Age of Information 33. Born to Be Adored 34. Old Friend, New Flame 35. Tinnitus 36. Stefano Zarelli 37. Going for a Walk with a Line 38. Pygmalism 39. Scottish Lips 40. Beowulf (I Am Deformed) 41. The Laird of Inversnecky 42. Life of the Fields 43. Frilly Military 44. Nervous Heartbeat 45. Widow Twanky 46. Hypnoprism 47. Love Wakes the Devil 48. Erase 49. Bibliotek 50. Bambi 51. The Ephebophobe 52. System of Usher 53. The Hiker 54. The Manticore 55. The Art Creep 56. Masks of Bebko 57. The Vaudevillian