  construction for the modern idiot is the wonder stuff's fourth album from october 1993, and their last studio album before their split on 15 july 1994. the album was a uk top 5 album (#4) which yielded 3 uk hit singles, of which "on the ropes (ep)" made the top 10 (#10) and "hot love now" (#19) and "full of life (happy now)" #29 both made it inside the top 30. the album was dedicated to the memory of rob "the bass thing" jones, the band's original bassist who died from a heart attack in new york soon after leaving the band. it was released as polydor 519894-2. ==artwork== much of the artwork came from 1960s photographs of a space observation project at kettering grammar school in northamptonshire. the person featured on the album cover 'instructing' school boys is the rocket scientist geoffrey pardoe, project director of the blue streak space programme. ==musicians== * nigel hitchcock - saxophone ==track listing== all songs written by the wonder stuff #"change every light bulb" #"i wish them all dead" #"cabin fever" #"hot love now!" #"full of life (happy now)" #"storm drain" #"on the ropes" #"your big assed mother" #"swell" #"a great drinker" #"hush" #"sing the absurd" (includes unlisted track; "something for sammy") ==singles== singles taken from the album were - * on the ropes - september 1993 * full of life (happy now) - december 1993 * hot love now! - march 1994 ==references== 
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