Snakes and Ladders (Frank Tovey album)

Snakes and Ladders
Studio album by Frank Tovey
Released	May 1986 , re-released 2001
Recorded	1985
Genre	New wave
Label	Mute
Producer	Frank Tovey and E.C. Radcliffe
Frank Tovey chronology
Snakes and Ladders (1986) The Fad Gadget Singles (1986)

Snakes and Ladders is a studio album from Frank Tovey. It was first released in 1986.

The original vinyl release of this album featured a largely acoustic version of his hit "Collapsing New People" which was subsequently removed from the CD re-issue. Some versions of the original album came with an additional EP that came with extra tracks, recorded under Frank Tovey's pseudonym Fad Gadget, which were retained for the CD re-issue.

Personnel

• Frank Tovey, vocals, guitar, synthesizer
• Davis John Simmonds, keyboard
• Guy Evans, "batphone" and "fibrephone"
• David John Rhodes, rhythm guitar
• E.C. Radcliffe, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• David John Rodgers, bass guitar
• Nicholas John Cash, drums

Track listing

LP release

1. "The Cutting Edge"
2. "Snakes and Ladders"
3. "The Cutting Edge" (Reprise)
4. "Shot in the Dark"
5. "Concrete"
6. "Collapsing New People"
7. "Luxury"
8. "Small World"
9. "Luddite Joe"
10. "Megalomaniac"

Additional EP tracks:

1. "Coitus Interruptus"
2. "Innocent Bystander"
3. "Sheep Look Up"
4. "Ideal World"

CD release

1. "The Cutting Edge"
2. "Snakes and Ladders"
3. "The Cutting Edge "(Reprise)
4. "Shot in the Dark"
5. "Concrete"
6. "Luxury"
7. "Small World"
8. "Luddite Joe"
9. "Megalomaniac"
10. "Bed of Nails"
11. "Clean This Act Up"
12. "Coitus Interruptus"
13. "Innocent Bystander"
14. "Sheep Look Up"
15. "Ideal World"