title: Word Salad (album)
text: # Word Salad (album)
  
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  Word Salad is a 1979 debut album by Fischer-Z. John Watts and Steve Skolnik formed the band in 1976 whilst at Brunel University. John Watts had been travelling up and down the country playing the club circuit. Fischer-Z was playing a crossover of the new wave, punk and reggae genres. In 1978, the band secured a record deal with United Artists, alongside the Buzzcocks, The Stranglers and Dr. Feelgood.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks composed by John Watts; except where noted.
  
  * "Pretty Paracetamol" (also known as: "First Impressions", but this name doesn't usually feature on the CD releases) – 3:57
  * "Acrobats" (Watts, David Graham) – 2:42
  * "The Worker" – 3:36
  * "Spiders" (Watts, Steve Skolnik) – 1:42
  * "Remember Russia" – 3:29
  * "The French Let Her" (Watts, Steve Skolnik) – 3:21
  * "Lies" – 3:57
  * "Wax Dolls" – 2:46
  * "Headlines" – 3:21
  * "Nice to Know" – 2:52
  * "Billy and the Motorway Police" (Watts, David Graham) – 2:11
  * "Lemmings" (Watts, Steve Skolnik) – 3:02
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Fischer-Z
  
  * John Watts - lead vocals, guitar
  * Steve Skolnik - keyboards, vocals
  * David Graham - bass guitar
  * Steve Liddle - drums, percussion
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Gary Edwards, Aldo Bocca - recording engineer
  * John Pasche - art direction, design
  * John Wedge - photography
  