Battle Hymns for Children Singing is the debut and sole studio album by the short-lived English new wave band Haysi Fantayzee, released in 1983 by Regard Records.

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

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)Peakposition Australian Albums Chart N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.48 German Albums Chart40 UK Albums Chart53

References

External links

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