DESCRIPTION:
From '' Turn Ons ''
Label: Fat Possum Records ‎– FP1205-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red
Country: US
Released: 2010

Tracklist
A1 I Can't Stand It
Written-By – Lou Reed
A2 Big Sky
Written-By – Ray Davies
A3 The Crystal Ship
Written-By – Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
A4 (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Written-By – Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Rick Rubin
A5 Damaged Goods
Written-By – Andy Gill, Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Jon King
A6 Love Is The Drug
Written-By – Andy Mackay, Bryan Ferry
B1 Bike
Written-By – Syd Barrett
B2 Pump It Up
Written-By – Declan Patrick Aloysius Macmanus
B3 The Lovecats
Written-By – Robert Smith
B4 Queen Bitch
Written-By – David Bowie
B5 E.M.I.
Written-By – Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Paul Cook, Steve Jones
B6 Up The Junction
Written-By – Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook

Performer – Danny Goffey, Gaz Coombes
Backing Vocals – Lucy Cover (track: A1)
Saxophone – Pete Wareham (tracks: A4, A6, B1)
Violin – Gita Harcourt (track: B4)

Artwork – Richard Walsh
Photography By [Stills] – Charly Coombes, Drew Brown

Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By [Assisted By] – Drew Brown
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Performer [Additional Instruments And Noises] – Nigel Godrich

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The Hotrats (originally the Diamond Hoo Ha Men) is a cover band formed by Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey as a side-project from their main band Supergrass.
The band is named after Frank Zappa's album Hot Rats.
The duo recorded a set of covers with producer Nigel Godrich for an album entitled Turn Ons in the vein of David Bowie's Pin Ups which was released in early 2010.
They performed a short UK tour which included the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

Since Supergrass announced they were to split, The Hotrats have joined with Air to perform The Virgin Suicides live for the first time, over several concert dates.
So far this has included an appearance at the Théâtre de la Passerelle in Saint-Brieuc, as part of Festival Art Rock 2010.

They also recorded a cover of "Under My Thumb" for the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie, but currently remains unreleased.

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"The Love Cats" is a 1983 single by The Cure.
It was the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number seven, and also hit number six in Australia.
It later appeared on the compilation album Japanese Whispers.

Inspiration

At the time the song was written, Robert Smith was very interested in the work of Australian author, Patrick White.
According to a number of his fans, Smith was inspired to write "The Love Cats" after reading White's novel, The Vivisector (1970), although this claim is difficult to verify.

In the novel, the protagonist, Hurtle, is appalled when his lover's husband drowns a sack of stray cats.
White draws a parallel between the way in which the cats are discarded, and the treatment of certain characters in the book; by extension, the cats symbolize the most innocent and vulnerable members of society, and the casual cruelty with which they sometimes meet their fate.

Covers

Indie musicians Tanya Donelly and Dylan In The Movies teamed up to record a cover of "The Lovecats" for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure.

Luke Doucet covered the song on his album Blood's Too Rich.

OK Go released a cover version of it on the Do What You Want (EP).

The Futureheads recorded a cover version for an NME The Cure cover cd.

Tricky covers the song on the album Vulnerable.

Jamie Cullum and Katie Melua performed a cover version of it at the 2004 BRIT Awards.

Paul Anka covers the song on his 2005 album of covers, Rock Swings.

Patchwork Grace covered the song on their debut album Milk Teeth in 2007 and released the track as a single in 2008.

Cursive recently recorded a cover of the song, featured on the website www.daytrotter.com.

The Hot Rats covered the song on their 2010 debut album Turn Ons.

CALLmeKAT covers it on her album Fall Down.

Coverband Boy Division cover it on their album Pet Sounds along with other songs with animals in the title.

Mario Bradley covers it on his album My Search.

A portion of the song is sung by the character of The Moon in the BBC television show The Mighty Boosh.

Finalist Lucas Francis Claver sang a jazz version of the song on Series 2 of The X Factor

The Sharp covered the song on their EP Yeah I Want You.