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Battle Hymns for Children Singing is the only studio album by English new wave band Haysi Fantayzee, released in 1983.[2]

Battle Hymns for Children Singing
Studio album by Haysi Fantayzee
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	37:35 (original release)
Label	Regard Records
Producer	Steve Brown Paul Caplin Vic Coppersmith Tony Visconti Alan Winstanley

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Content

The album features two UK Top 20 singles: "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" (UK No. 11) and "Shiny Shiny" (UK No. 16).[3] The singles "Holy Joe" (UK No. 51)[3] and "Sister Friction" (UK No. 62)[3] 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.[4]

Musicians

Haysi Fantayzee

• Jeremy Healy – primary vocals
• Kate Garner – primary vocals
• Paul Caplin – keyboards

Additional musicians

• 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

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[5]	48
German Albums Chart[6]	40
UK Albums Chart[3]	53

References

External links

• Battle Hymns for Children Singing at AllMusic. Retrieved December 06, 2012.
• Battle Hymns for Children Singing (original LP & cassette) at Discogs
• Battle Hymns for Children Singing (US CD version) at Discogs
• The Best of Haysi Fantayzee at Discogs

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