The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters is an album by the 1970 England World Cup squad created as a spin-off to the success of the song "Back Home". The album featuring songs such as a recording of "Sugar Sugar" by Bobby Moore and Francis Lee.[1] The album was issued by Pye with a football shaped sleeve,[2] and reached the UK top 5.[3] The album was arranged by Phil Coulter and produced by Coulter and Bill Martin.[4] Aside from the single "Back Home" and B-side "Cinnamon Stick", the album featured a third original Martin-Coulter composition "Glory-O", which was re-recorded two years later by a marching band directed by Martin and Coulter as the B-side of the songwriter's Philips single of the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics fanfare composed by Herbert Rehbein.
The World Beaters Sing the World Beaters | |
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Studio album by The 1970 England World Cup Squad | |
Released | 1970 |
Label | Pye Records |
Producer | Bill Martin & Phil Coulter |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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1. | "Back Home" | Martin, Coulter | 2.07 | |
2. | "Sugar, Sugar" | Kim, Barry | Moore, Lee | 2:33 |
3. | "Lovey-Dovey" | Martin, Coulter | Banks | 2:25 |
4. | "Lily the Pink" | Gorman, McGear, McGough | Hurst, Astle, Bonetti | 4:14 |
5. | "You're in my Arms" | Martin, Coulter | Astle | 2:42 |
6. | "Puppet on a String" | Martin, Coulter | 2:10 | |
7. | "Congratulations" | Martin, Coulter | 2:32 | |
8. | "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | Lennon, McCartney | Peters, Hunter, Cooper, Wright, Moore | 2:52 |
9. | "Glory-O" | Martin, Coulter | Ball, Hughes | 2:29 |
10. | "Make Me an Island" | Hammond, Hazlewood | 2:53 | |
11. | "Cinnamon Stick" | Martin, Coulter | Labone, Lee | 2:08 |
12. | "There'll Always Be An England" | Charles, Parker | Ball, Moore, Charlton | 2:50 |
Moore's contributions were reissued on Forever Blowing Bubbles a 1997 compilation album by West Ham United FC and supporters. The track listing includes:
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