| Perspex Island | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Producer | Paul Fox | |||
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Perspex Island is the ninth studio album by English musician Robyn Hitchcock and his fifth with backing band, The Egyptians, released on Go! Discs in 1991.
The group's third under their contract to A&M Records, it contains eleven Hitchcock originals. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1991, and features guest appearances by Hitchcock fans Michael Stipe and Peter Buck of R.E.M. The associated single "So You Think You're in Love" peaked #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S.[1]
The album carries a Hitchcock oil painting on its front cover, depicting the mythological figure Thoth, which The Egyptians had once used as a group logo.
- ^ Lanham, Tom (22 September 1991), "Robyn's Stark Fantasy World", San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 21 July 2011, retrieved 5 July 2007