Deep & Meaningless
Deep & Meaningless is the second album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. It was released in 1978. The album included the song "Beware Of The Flowers ", which was voted Britain's seventh most popular song lyric in a 1999 BBC online poll. The song's strong showing—ahead of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"—was the result of what Otway's website described as a "well orchestrated campaign" by fans.
AllMusic rates the album as a "triumph" and gives it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.
Track listing
All songs written by John Otway except where notedSide one
- "Place Farm Way" - 3:31
- "To Anne" - 3:27
- "Beware of the Flowers " - 2:30
- "The Alamo" - 3:16
- "Oh My Body Is Making Me" - 4:09
Personnel
- John Otway - lead vocals, guitar,
- Wild Willy Barrett - guitar, violin
- Nigel Pegrum - drums
- Maggie Ryder - backing vocals
- Mark Freeman - drums
- Dave Holmes - drums
- Yvonne Grech - backing vocals
- Simon Hanson
- Adam Francis - engineer
- Jill Mumford - sleeve design
- Paddy Eckersley - photography