Dude Descending a Staircase is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group Apollo 440, released as a double album on 22 July 2003 by Stealth Sonic Recordings and Epic Records.[1] Its title and cover art reference the painting Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp.

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Dude Descending a Staircase
Studio album by Apollo 440
Released	22 July 2003
Studio	Apollo Control, Camden, London
Genre	Big beat electronic rock trip hop
Length	95:20
Label	Stealth Sonic Epic
Producer	Apollo 440 Stuart Crichton
Apollo 440 chronology
Gettin' High on Your Own Supply (1999) Dude Descending a Staircase (2003) The Future's What It Used to Be (2012)

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Dude Descending a Staircase" (Lester Fernandez, Trevor Gray, Howard Gray, Noko, Abiodun Oyewole, Jerry Tineo) - 5:06
2. "Hustler Groove" (Stuart Crichton, Gray, Gray, Noko, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin) - 6:14
3. "Disco Sucks" (Gray, Gray, Ewan MacFarlane, Noko) - 3:55
4. "N'Existe Pas" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:45
5. "Electronic Civil Disobedience" (Jay Dunne, Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:55
6. "1,2,3,4" (Gray, Gray, Ian Hoxley, Noko, Pete Wylie) - 3:45
7. "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape" (Gray, Trevor Gray, Paul Kodish, Noko) - 4:40
8. "Time is Running Out" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:00
9. "Children of the Future" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Nuriddin) - 8:00

Disc 2

1. "Diamonds in the Sidewalk" (Gray, Gray, Jack Kerouac, Noko) - 3:41
2. "Something's Got to Give" (Denise Davis, Gray, Gray, Pete Kessler, Lisa Lindley-Jones, Noko) - 6:54
3. "Christiane" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:37
4. "Existe" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:00
5. "Bulletproof Blues" (Gray, Gray, MacFarlane, Noko) - 6:21
6. "Suitcase '88" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:31
7. "Check Your Ego" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Elroy Powell) - 4:09
8. "Rope, Rapture & the Rising Sun" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 7:06
9. "Bad Chemistry" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 2:46

Personnel

• Apollo 440 – producer
• Anthony Ausgang – sleeve art
• The Beatnuts – vocals
• John Birchall – hair stylist
• Tommy Blaize – vocals, backing vocals
• Mary Byker – backing vocals
• Andy Caine – backing vocals
• Chris Conway – engineer
• Stuart Crichton – cello, keyboards, programming, backing vocals, producer
• John Davis – mastering
• Elizabeth Gray – vocals, backing vocals
• Cliff Hewitt – drums
• Keith Holden – harmonica
• Harry K – backing vocals
• Jack Kerouac – vocals
• Paul Kodish – drums
• Ashley Krajewski – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Kristine – whisper
• Ewan MacFarlane – vocals, backing vocals
• Andrew Nicholls – mixing assistant
• Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – vocals
• Elroy "Spoonface" Powell – vocals
• Tom Sheehan – photography
• Stan Francisco – saxophone
• Pete Wylie – vocals
• Xan – vocals

References