Swamp Thing (album)

Swamp Thing is the third album by Malcolm McLaren, released in 1985.^[5][6] It is composed of out-takes recorded between 1982 and 1984.^[7] The tracks were often built upon material previously recorded – for example, "Eiffel Tower" repurposed lyrics from the Bow Wow Wow song "Sexy Eiffel Towers" with the rhythm track of "Punk it Up" from McLaren's album Duck Rock, while another track from that album, "Soweto," found its instrumental hook reused in the track "Boom Boom Baby." The album was never released on CD.

Swamp Thing
Studio album by Malcolm McLaren
Released	11 November 1985
Recorded	1982–1984
Genre	Dance music
Length	37:31
Label	Charisma CAS 1170 Island/Atlantic 90481
Producer	Malcolm McLaren, Stephen Hague, Trevor Horn
Malcolm McLaren chronology
Fans (1984) Swamp Thing (1985) Waltz Darling (1989)
Singles from Swamp Thing
"Duck Rock Cheer" b/w "Boys Chorus (La Sui Monti Dell'est)" Released: 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The album was released to fulfill a contractual obligation with his record label. "Duck Rock Cheer" was the sole single released to promote the album. Neither the album nor the single met with commercial or critical success, though "Eiffel Tower" had earlier been featured on the soundtrack of the 1984 Jerry Schatzberg film No Small Affair.

Critical reception

NME wrote that the album "plays listlessly end to end," and but that there are "four goodies out of eight."^[8] Trouser Press wrote that "the title track perverts 'Wild Thing' into a nightmarish but enjoyable mess."^[7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called Swamp Thing "a hellishly self-referential mess."^[4]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Swamp Thing"	McLaren	6:17
2.	"Duck Rock Cheer"	Trevor Horn, McLaren	7:12
3.	"Buffalo Love"	Anne Dudley, McLaren	4:00
4.	"Supresto"	McLaren	1:12

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"B.I. Bikki"	Stephen Hague, McLaren	3:42
6.	"Eiffel Tower"	McLaren	3:46
7.	"Boom Boom Baby"	McLaren	4:45
8.	"Duck Rockers/Promises"	Trevor Horn, McLaren	5:56

Bonus tracks

1. "Duck Rock Cheer - 12" Version (Cheerleader Version)"
2. "Duck Rock Cheer - 7" Vocal Edit"
3. "First Couple Out"
4. "First Couple Out - Extended Version"
5. "First Couple Out - Long fade"
6. "B.1. Bikki - (New Mix, 2019)"

Personnel

• Stephen Hague - Production (tracks 2 and 5)
• Trevor Horn - Production (tracks 2 and 8)
• Malcolm McLaren - Production (all tracks except 2 and 5)
• Nick Egan - Cover Design
• Michael Halsband - Photography
• Bob Gruen - Background Photography