I Don't Want to Save the World is the fourth album by Cock Robin and was released in 2006. It sees the reformation of the band after a 16-year hiatus. It features a selection of their trademark harmonic pop. The lyrics seem to be greatly influenced by personal relations and experiences spent since the last time the duo of Kingsbery and LaCazio shared a pop group. An example of this is "Italian Soul", which may be a take upon the consequences of meeting and working together after a long time apart (Anna LaCazio is of mixed Italian-Chinese descent). Apart from a few TV appearances in 2006, mainly in France, the album was not widely promoted.
Track listing "Superhuman" – 4:32 "I Don't Want to Save the World" – 4:01 "Fair Enough" – 4:11 "Across the Freeway" – 4:28 "Touched" – 3:27 "Body Over Mind" – 3:48 "Bo" – 3:21 "Through the Years" – 4:59 "Italian Soul" – 4:22 "The Valley Below" – 4:29 "Dominoes" – 3:52 "Me and My Shaman" – 4:22 "Under the Star Which I Was Born" – 3:33
All songs by Peter Kingsbery except Italian Soul (LaCazio/Kingsbery/Wright), The Valley Below (Wright/Kingsbery) and Under The Star Which I Was Born (Polnareff/Kingsbery). This last song is a cover version of French singer-songwriter Michel Polnareff's song "Sous quelle étoile suis-je né ?"
Musicians Cock Robin Peter Kingsbery: vocals, keyboards, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar Anna LaCazio: vocals, keyboards Clive Wright: electric guitar, E-bow
Additional musicians Victor Indrizzio: drums Pat Mastelotto: drums on The Valley Below and Me And My Shaman John Pierce: bass Mikal Blue: additional electric guitar James McCorkel: additional electric guitar
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