1. Kick the Can (part 1) 2:19
2. Carnival on Wall Street 2:51
3. Ahead in the Sand 3:16
4. Laughing Matter/Esperanza 7:47
5. Women Speak to Men;Men Speak to Women 5:39
6. A Spit in the Ocean 2:17
7. Navajo 3:05
8. Balance 5:04
9. Saving Grace 1:57
10. Speechless 3:05
11. Conversations with White Arc 1:14
12. Domaine de Planousset 2:59
13. Kick the Can (part 2) 2:14
14. The Entire Works of Henry Cow • 1:00
15. So schnell ich • 3:25
16. Im still here and I know what time it is • 1:06
17. No More War • 4:46
18. Typical American family • 1:01
19. Dig • 3:07
• Bonus Track
5 recorded at Studio Freeson, Pujaut, France and Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, Switzerland, July/August 1980
Engineer in France: Francois Riether
6, 7 & 9 are partly based on a live concert recorded at CBGB in New York, April 1980, subsequently altered and added to in Switzerland.
11 is from the same concert and is an improvised piece heard as played.
Engineer at CBGB: Charlie Martin
The rest recorded at Sunrise, July/August 1980
Engineers in Switzerland: Etienne Conod and R. Vogel
Fred Frith: voice, guitar, violin,mellotron, bass (1, 8, 10, 13), drums (7, 8)
with
Etron Fou Leioublan (15):
Guigou Chenevier: drums, tenor sax/voice (3)
Margot Mathieu: soprano & tenor saxes, voice (3)
Ferdinand Richard: bass, guimbarde, voice
Jo Thirion: organ, harmonium and Massacre (6, 7, 9, II):
Bill Laswell: bass
Fred Maher: drums
plus
Tina Curran: unusual edits, recorders, bass (7, 12)
Roger Kent Parsons: bagpipes (4)
Steve Buchanan: snake sax (7)
George Cartwright: alto sax (6, 7, 9)
Mars Williams: baritone sax (6, 7, 9)