Cybernetic Dreams of Pi
Cybernetic Dreams of Pi, released in 1983, is an album by The Slickee Boys. It was released on LP by the Minneapolis record label Twin/Tone. Along with songs penned by the band, there are cover versions of songs by Hamilton Streetcar and the Status Quo. To support the album, the band shot music videos for "Life of the Party" and "When I Go to the Beach", the latter video receiving semi-regular airplay on MTV, thanks to a second-place finish on that channel's Basement Tapes show. A CD version with eight additional tracks was released 22 years later.
Track listing
- "Escalator 66" – 2:39
- "You've Got What It Takes" – 3:37
- "Life of the Party" – 3:25
- "When I Go to the Beach" – 2:42
- "Pushin' My Luck" – 3:45
- "Invisible People" – 3:32
- *Originally recorded by Hamilton Streetcar, 1968
- "Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:16
- "Say Goodbye" – 3:03
- "Time Spent Waiting" – 3:06
- "The Crawling Hand" – 2:45
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:41
- "Marble Orchard" – 6:02
- "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:22
- "Glendora" – 2:39
- *Originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956
- "Golden Love" – 3:48
- "Forbidden Alliance" – 2:32
- "A Question of Temperature" – 3:31
- *Originally recorded by the Balloon Farm, 1967
- "Reverse Psychiatry" – 4:03
- "Without a Word of Warning" – 2:22
- *Originally recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, 1965
- " Misunderstood" – 2:34
- *Originally recorded by the Saints, 1978
Personnel
The band
- Mark Noone – Lead vocals
- Marshall Keith – Lead guitar, keyboards, back-up vocals
- Kim Kane – Rhythm guitar, organ
- Dan Palenski – Drums, back-up vocals
- John Chumbris – Bass guitar
- Emery Olexa – Bass guitar
Production
- John Chumbris – Producer
- The Slickee Boys – Producer
- Don Zientara — Engineer
Additional credits
- Recorded at Inner Ear Studio, Arlington, Virginia
- Kim Kane – Cover art
- Tom Shea – Photos
- Dedicated to Richard Sobol
- Steve Carr – Digital remastering
- Digitally remastered at Hit & Run Recordings
Alternative versions
- The LP was also released by the German Line label and on New Rose, too.
- An expanded CD version was released on Dacoit in 2005. The CD includes eight additional songs: all four songs from 1979's 3rd EP plus four songs "found in the trunk of Kim Kane's orange Fury". The cover art was slightly altered.