Greedy (album)

Greedy
Studio album by
Released1997 (1997)
RecordedAugust 1995, August 1996
StudiosGround Zero, Airforce Studios
GenreRock
Length56:44
LabelFlying Nun Records
ProducerMalcolm Wellsford
Headless Chickens chronology
Body Blow
(1991)
Greedy
(1997)
ChickensHits
(2002)

Greedy is the third and final studio album released by New Zealand band Headless Chickens, released in 1997 on Flying Nun Records.

Track listing

  1. "Dark Angel" (Chris Matthews, Grant Fell, Bevan Sweeney, Angus McNaughton) – 4:03
  2. "Stalk of a Cherry" (Matthews, Fell) – 3:17
  3. "Secondtime Virgin" (Matthews, Bevan Larsen, Sweeney) – 4:54
  4. "Cipher" (Matthews, Larsen) – 3:05
  5. "Magnet" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:32
  6. "Fire" (Matthews, Michael Lawry) – 4:35
  7. "Electricity" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:35
  8. "Chicken Little" (Matthews, Larsen) – 5:51
  9. "Smoking Big Ted" (Matthews, Fell, Lawry) – 2:39
  10. "Black Water Rising" (Matthews, Fell, McNaughton) – 4:30
  11. "Escalator" (Matthews, Fell, Sweeney, McNaughton, Fiona McDonald) – 4:53
  12. "Day of the Locust" – 5:39
  13. "George" – 4:11

Personnel

  • Chris Matthews – vocals, guitars, samples, loops, keyboards
  • Bevan Larsen – bass guitar
  • Bevan Sweeney – drums
  • Grant Fell – bass ("Chicken Little", "Smoking Big Ted", "George")
  • Angus McNaughton – samples, loops ("Dark Angel", "Chicken Little", "Smoking Big Ted", "Black Water Rising", "Day of the Locust")
  • Fiona McDonald – vocals ("George"), backing vocals ("Electricity", "Escalator")
  • Flex (a.k.a. Simon Claridge) – additional samples ("Secondtime Virgin", "Chicken Little")
  • Rachel Wallis – backing vocals ("Stalk of a Cherry", "Magnet")

Charts

Chart performance for Greedy
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 167

References

  1. ↑ "Headless Chicken's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.