Battle Hymns for Children Singing
Battle Hymns for Children Singing is the debut and sole studio album by the short-lived English new wave band Haysi Fantayzee, released in 1983 by Regard Records.
Content
The album features two UK Top 20 singles: "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" and "Shiny Shiny". The singles "Holy Joe" and "Sister Friction" weren't included on the original release of the album but were added to a 2000 CD release in the United States, which also includes remixes and B-sides as bonus tracks. A 2007 CD release by Cherry Pop, retitled The Very Best of Haysi Fantayzee, but otherwise featuring similar track listing and artwork to the original album, also includes "Holy Joe" and "Sister Friction" as well as remixes and B-sides as bonus tracks.Track listing
Note- On the CD versions, "Make Me a Sinner" is joined onto the end of the same track as "Shoofly Love" and is uncredited.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.Musicians
Haysi Fantayzee- Jeremy Healy – primary vocals
- Kate Garner – primary vocals
- Paul Caplin – keyboards
- Afrodiziak – background vocals
- Alfie Agius – bass guitar
- Big George – bass guitar
- Kevin Bird – guitar
- Andy Duncan – percussion
- Simon Henri – saxophone
- Robbie McIntosh – guitar
- John Sherwood – guitar
- Dick Simpson – guitar
- Bobby Valentino – violin
- Tony Visconti – guitar
Production
- Steve Brown – producer
- Paul Caplin – arranger, producer, programming
- Vic Coppersmith – producer
- Elliott Federman – mastering
- Simon Fowler – photography
- Bruce Harris – liner notes
- David Richman – production coordination
- Graham Smith – original graphics
- David Thomas – animation
- Vincent M. Vero – compilation producer
- Tony Visconti – producer
- Alan Winstanley – producer