Skite is the third studio album by Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, released on September 8, 1978. The album was produced by Ian Dury and the Blockheads keyboardist and guitarist Chaz Jankel. Recorded in May 1978, the album was Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias' first studio album released following the success of 1977's Italians from the Outer Space, which included the UK Top 40 single "Old Trust".
The music on Skite is built around sendups of pop and rock music of the late-1970s, featuring sendups of ABBA, Robyn Hitchcock, Status Quo, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Pink Floyd, Nick Lowe, The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers and Devo. The album also features reggae version of Pete Seeger's Where Have All the Flowers Gone and doo-wop version of Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the U.K..
Despite a mixed critical reception, Skite sold well and peaked at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart. The album produced one of Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias's more famous singles, "Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie", a sendup of Status Quo and "Juan Lopez (The Lonely Goatherd)", a sendup of ABBA; "Heads Down No-Nonsense Mindless Boogie" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing
Personnel
CP Lee – vocals, guitar, bass
Jimmy Hibbert – vocals, guitar
Bruce Mitchell – drums
Tony Bowers – vocals, bass, guitar
Simon White – vocals, guitar, bass
Bob Harding - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Laurie Latham – engineer
Bill Smith – album design
Mick Brownfield – illustrations
Adrian Boot – photography
With guests
Chaz Jankel – vocals, keyboards
Roger Ruskin Spear – tenor saxophone
Kit? – backing vocals
1978 albums
