Television Themes

Television Themes
Studio album by
Matt Berry
Released5 October 2018 (2018-10-05)
Recorded2017–2018
LabelAcid Jazz Records
Matt Berry chronology
Night Terrors
(2017) 		Television Themes
(2018) 		Phantom Birds
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times[1]

Television Themes is the seventh studio album by English comedian and musician Matt Berry, released in October 2018 by Acid Jazz Records.[2] The album includes Berry's reworked versions of television theme tunes from the 1960s to the 1980s.[3] It reached number 38 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Are You Being Served?"David Croft, Ronnie Hazlehurst2:23
2."The Good Life"Burt Rhodes2:06
3."London Weekend Television"Harry Rabinowitz0:08
4."Blankety Blank"Ronnie Hazlehurst1:59
5."Top of the Pops" (Yellow Pearl by Phil Lynott)Phil Lynott, Midge Ure3:06
6."Picture Box"Jacques Lasry2:57
7."The Liver Birds" (On A Mountain Stands A lady by The Scaffold)John Gorman, Roger McGough, Mike McGear3:09
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Thames Television" (Salute to Thames)John Hawksworth0:08
9."Rainbow"Traditional, arranged by Hugh Portnow, Hugh Fraser, Tim Thomas2:47
10."Doctor Who"Ron Grainer3:19
11."Wildtrak[a]" (Florida Fantasy from the soundtrack of Midnight Cowboy)John Barry2:15
12."World in Action"Jonathan Weston, Shawn Phillips2:43
13."Sorry"Gaynor Colbourn, Hugh Wisdom2:43
14."Open University"Leonard Salzedo0:37


Notes

  1. ^ The television programme was actually called Wildtrack.[5]

References

  1. ^ Pop review: Matt Berry: Television Themes, retrieved 8 January 2019
  2. ^ "Pre-Order Matt Berry's New Album 'Television Themes'". Acid Jazz Records. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Acid Jazz Records - Pre-Order Matt Berry's New Album 'Television Themes'". www.acidjazz.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ^ "MATT BERRY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11038046/


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