A Trip to Marineville
A Trip to Marineville is the debut studio album by English art punk band Swell Maps. It was released in June 1979, through record labels Rather and Rough Trade. Background. All tracks except "Vertical Slum", "My Lil' Shoppes 'Round the Corner" and "Steven Does" were recorded in Woodbine Mobile Recording Studio in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England on 28–29 December 1978, 15 and 17 February 1979 and 15–17 April 1979. "Vertical Slum" was recorded at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge, England on 14 September 1977. "My Lil' Shoppes 'Round the Corner" and "Steven Does" were recorded in Phones  B. Sportsman's bedroom in Olton in July 1977. Critical reception. Reviews for critics regarding "A Trip to Marineville" were generally positive. "NME" ranked "A Trip to Marineville" at number 36 on its end-of-year-list of the best albums of 1979. "A Trip to Marineville" is featured in "The Guardian"s list "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die".