Original Cast Recording

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1. TEN MINUTES TIL DAWN
In which Strepsiades wakes up and bemoans his financial situation, deciding to seek help at Socrates' thinkery

2. THIS CRAZY SOUND
In which the students of Socrates' Thinkery baffle Strepsiades with their artistic vision

3. THE FLYING ACADEMIC (he's the man who brought the gods to their knees)
In which Socrates makes his grand entrance and Strepsiades is made aware of the scope of the great man's genius

4. INVOCATION
In which Socrates summons the Clouds from their distant homes

5. THE NEBULOUS CREED
In which Strepsiades is made to pledge allegiance to The Holy Clouds

6. O S.L.A.G.s HEAR US SING
In which Socrates gives Strepsiades a lesson in poetry and linguistics

7. STREPSIADES' LAMENT
In which Strepsiades laments his educational misery and humiliation

8. ATHENS CREDITORS
In which Strepsiades' Creditors finally appear and offer to refinance your life

9. THE CLOUDS GO PAST
In which Pheidippides resolves to give education a go

10. HFD (Call Me Ruthless)
In which Ruthless (the argument) is introduced to Pheidippides

11. FRANKIE GOES TO TENBURY
In which Righteous (the other argument) makes a serious point about flooding

12. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED...
In which the Clouds introduce their heavenly acquiantence the Moon

13. I THOUGHT I HAD A NOBLE JOB
In which the Moon joins the seemingly interminable procession of whinging characters and a month passes

14. THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR
In which Strepsiades recaps his financial situation, Pheidippides graduates and father and son look to the future

15. TEN MINUTES TIL THE END
In which Strepsiades decides not to take it lying down

16. FIGHT TO THE END
In which Strepsiades and Pheidippides stick it to the man

17. BYE, THEN
In which a hoedown occurs


Book and Lyrics by Edward Tomlinson, Simon R B Andrews and Alex Outhwaite
Additional Lyrics by Richard Pygott and Nico Vaughan

Songs composed by Liam Dunachie, Nico Vaughan
Original Score by Liam Dunachie

Original Concept by Edward Tomlinson