All tracks composed by Fred Frith except where noted. Side one
01 "The Boy Beats the Rams (Kluk Tluce Berany)" – 4:54 02 "Spring Any Day Now" – 3:04 03 "Don't Cry For Me" – 3:28 04 "The Hands of the Juggler" – 5:31 05 "Norrgarden Nyvla" – 2:54 06 "Year of the Monkey" – 4:11
Side two
07 "What a Dilemma" – 3:11 08 "Crack in the Concrete" – 1:24 09 "Come Across" – 2:47 10 "Dancing in the Street" (Gaye, Stevenson, Hunter) – 3:20 11 "My Enemy is a Bad Man" – 1:22 12 "Slap Dance" – 2:32 13 "A Career in Real Estate" – 4:42 14 "Dancing in Rockville Maryland" – 3:04
Bonus tracks on 1990 CD re-issue
15 "Waking Against Sleep" – 2:08 16 "Terrain" – 3:50 17 "Moeris Dancing" – 5:03 18 "Geistige Nacht" – 5:18 19 "Life at the Top" – 1:40 20 "Oh Wie Schon Ist Panama!" – 5:02
Personnel Side one
Fred Frith – guitar, bass guitar, violin, extra percussion Samla Mammas Manna: Lars Hollmer – piano, organ, accordion Hans Bruniusson – drums Eino Haapala – guitar, mandolin Marc Hollander – alto saxophone, clarinet
Guests
Olivia Bruynhooghe – tap dancing, clapping Chris Cutler – snare drum and maracas (track 3), clapping Tina Curran – whirling, clapping Catherine Jauniaux – whirling, clapping Frank Wuyts – recorders (track 6), whirling, clapping Michel Berckmans – clapping Etienne Conod – clapping Denis van Hecke – clapping Veronique Vincent – clapping
Recording and production
Recorded at Norrgarden Nyvla in Uppsala, Sweden and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg, Switzerland in August 1979.
Gabriel Rosen – engineer (Sweden) Etienne Conod – engineer (Switzerland)
Side two
Fred Frith – guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards, drums (tracks 1,5,7) The Muffins: Dave Newhouse – alto saxophone, organ (track 4) Thomas Scott – soprano saxophone (track 6) Paul Sears – drums (tracks 1,2,4,6,8) Billy Swann – bass guitar (tracks 2,4,6,8) Marc Hollander – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Guests
Hans Bruniusson – drums (track 4) Tina Curran – subliminal bass guitar (track 1) Frank Wuyts – drums (track 3)
Recording and production
Recorded at Catch-a-Buzz Studio, Rockville, Maryland, United States in November 1979 and at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg, Switzerland in January 1980.
Thomas Scott and Colleen Scott – engineers (USA) Etienne Conod – engineer (Switzerland)
Bonus tracks on 1990 CD re-issue
Fred Frith – bass guitar, guitar, violin, keyboards, drums, percussion Marc Hollander – soprano saxophone (track 18) Chris Cutler – drums (tracks 15–18) Frank Wuyts – synthesiser (track 18) Michel Berckmans – oboe, bassoon (track 18) Denis van Hecke – cello (track 18) Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, oboe (tracks 15,16) Tim Hodgkinson – alto saxophone (track 15) Annemarie Roelofs – trombone (track 15) Dagmar Krause – voice (track 17) Tom Cora – bass guitar, percussion (track 19)