Six And ½ is the b-side of Madhouse's single 6, the first and only single from their first album 8. Six And ½ was written by Eric Leeds (credited to Madhouse) and produced by Prince (also credited to Madhouse).
Basic tracking for this song took place on 8 October 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California during post-production work for the album 8 (the day after disbanding The Revolution and recording Telepathy and three days before Violet Blue). At this point the track was given the title Nine, not to be confused with a different song Nine than was later released on Madhouse’s second album 16). The title-change was made after the track was assigned as the b-side for the single 6, therefor other than the similarity in numbering and in music style, Six And ½ is not related musically to Six, the single of which it appeared as b-side of.
The track is notable for being the only Madhouse track to include trumpet from Atlanta Bliss, and the only Madhouse track to be written entirely by Eric Leeds.
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