Annette Peacock - 1978-82 - My Mama Never Taught Me How to Cook

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Annette Peacock's stint with Aura Records in the late '70s coincided with her greatest level of commercial viability, though in truth any singer given to songs with titles like "Real & Defined Androgens," "Rubber Hunger," and "The Succubus" was going to be fighting an uphill battle to sell units to Joe Q. Public. These recordings' mix of jazz fusion, album-oriented rock, and Peacock's unusual blend of jazzy singing with sensually spoken intellectual poetic passages was too offbeat to get any more than a cult audience, though it's more accessible than many a cult rock artist's work. This is as complete a document of that part of her career as any fan could wish for, containing the entirety of her 1978 album, X-Dreams, and its 1979 follow-up, The Perfect Release, as well as two outtakes from The Perfect Release ("Mexico" and "What's It Like in Your Dreams") that first appeared on the 1982 compilation The Collection. The outtakes aren't mere window dressing, but are fairly interesting, Peacock singing in Spanish for "Mexico," and "What's It Like in Your Dreams" being an effective sultry ballad.

Label: Sanctuary Records
Catalog#: CMRCD 956
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2004
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Avantgarde, Experimental, Easy Listening

1. My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook
2. Real And Defined Androgens
3. Dear Bela
4. This Feel Within
5. Too Much In The Skies
6. Don't Be Cruel
7. Questions
8. Love's Out To Lunch
9. Solar Systems
10. American Sport
11. Loss Of Consciousness
12. Rubber Hunger
13. Succubus
14. Survival
15. Mexico
16. What's It Like In Your Dreams