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Ruth De Molay Solo Albums

Ruth’s Album (1971)
Unlike the other Ladybugs, Ruth De Molay had no backlog of songs written to fill an album and it was a year after the breakup of the Ladybugs before she produced one of her own. It was a solid album and commercial success. It was the first post-Ladybugs album by any band member to include several Ladybugs songs.

1. Left Handed Romance (Ruth De Molay)

2. I’m All Alone (Penny Dreadful)

3. The Yes Song (Ruth De Molay)

4. A Mute Appeal for Sympathy (Ep!phanee)5.

6. Savage Peninsula (Connie Dark)

7. Face in the Light (Ep!phanee)

8. Riot in Outer Space (Connie Dark)

9. Living with my Face (Connie Dark)

10. The Science War Song (Ruth De Molay)

11. Pep Storm (Ep!phanee)

12. Swan Song Reject (Ep!phanee)

13. Twinkle Twinkle (Taylor, Taylor, Mozart)

14. Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Traditional)

Valley of the Cro-Magnon Women Soundtrack (1973)
Valley of the Cro-Magnon Women was a hugely successful comedy movie and though only two of the songs from the soundtrack album were featured in the movie itself (the rest were featured during the rolling credits) the album was a notable success for the “nice” Ladybug.

1. I Want a Caveman (Wanda Pilkin)

2. Zugg Zugg (Wanda Pilkin)

3. Here Comes Old Little Arms (Wanda Pilkin)

4. Sign of the Times (Ruth De Molay)

5. The Dark Valley (Wanda Pilkin)

6. Sometimes You Have to Club Her (Wanda Pilkin)

7. Harry Area (Wanda Pilkin)

8. Cro-Magnon Women are the Best (Wanda Pilkin)

9. No No Neanderthal (Ruth De Molay)

10. Will You or Won’t You (Wanda Pilkin)

11. Hungry Bellies Will Tell (Wanda Pilkin)

12. Friends Tell You (Wanda Pilkin)

13. Valley Women (Wanda Pilkin)

14. Sing a Cave Song (Wanda Pilkin)

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Steffie Sin Solo Albums

Love Life Prayer (1968)
Unlike the other Ladybugs, Steffie Sin produced solo albums filled with songs completely different from her Ladybugs work. Love Life Prayer was a soulful and sweet album produced with help from the other members of the band. All songs are by Stefffie Sin.

1. Love Life Prayer #2 on the singles chart.

2. Wishing My Eyes Would Dry

3. Am I not a Woman and a Sister

4. Desperate Hours

5. Two Heartbeats in One

6. Answered Prayer

7. 1776

8. Wind and Water

9. I Feel the Tides in Life

10. Sisters Rule the World

Madame Richfield’s House of Forgotten Destiny (1969)
A more psychedelic album, Madame Richfield’s was filled with excellent songs that could not find space on the Ladybugs albums due to the dominance of Ep!phanee’s and Penny Dreadful’s prolific pens. All songs are by Steffie Sin.

1. Sangria

2. Runaway Train #1 on the singles chart.

3. Pistol Whipped

4. House of Forgotten Destiny

5. Man of Paper

6. Woman of Aluminum

7. Madame Richfield and Her Girls

8. Song of my Sins

9. Reflections

10. Ripe for a Fall

11. Driving the Desoto #67 on the singles chart.

12. What the Girls Want #2 on the singles chart.

The Best of Steffie Sin (1969)
The only Best of album produced by any of the Ladybugs, 1969’s The Best of Steffie Sin featured both Ladybugs and Solo Works with no new recordings.

1. I Don’t Want to Lose You (Steffie Sin)

2. Distortion (Steffie Sin)

3. Under the Heel (Steffie Sin)

4. Fall Asleep My Love (Steffie Sin)

5. Desire (Steffie Sin)

6. Beneath the Denim (Steffie Sin)

7. Wishing they Were (Penny Dreadful & Steffie Sin)

8. Magnum (Steffie Sin)

9. Blessed Nobody (Ep!phanee & Steffie Sin)

10. Give me a Man (Steffie Sin)

11. Love Life Prayer (Steffie Sin)

12. Runaway Train (Steffie Sin)

13. Driving the Desoto (Steffie Sin)

14. What the Girls Want (Steffie Sin)

Switzerland (1970)
Switzerland consisted of most of the remaining unpublished songs that Steffie Sin had stockpiled. Most were solid tracks and three had been previously recorded by The Thongs on their premier album.

1. Having Been (Steffie Sin)

2. Uncivil Disobedience (Steffie Sin)

3. Living in Switzerland (Steffie Sin) #3 on the singles chart.

4. Bitter and Cold (Steffie Sin)

5. Necklace (Steffie Sin)

6. Night Recovery (Steffie Sin)

7. Chessboard Rumble (Steffie Sin)

8. Dirigible in the Dark (Steffie Sin) #6 on the singles chart.

9. Blue Blood (Steffie Sin)

10. Hanged in High School (Steffie Sin)

11. The Way they Roll (Steffie Sin)

12. Lieben Sie und Leben (Steffie Sin)

13. Wake the Living (Steffie Sin)

14. Stürmen und Donnurm (Steffie Sin)

Sin in San Francisco – Live (1973)
Following Ep!phanee’s New York City concert, Steffie Sin arranged her own live album recorded in San Francisco’s Buena Vista Park.

1. I Don’t Want to Lose You (Steffie Sin)

2. Distortion (Steffie Sin)

3. Living in Switzerland (Steffie Sin) #3

4. Fall Asleep My Love (Steffie Sin)

5. Desire (Steffie Sin)

6. Beneath the Denim (Steffie Sin)

7. Wishing they Were (Penny Dreadful & Steffie Sin)

8. Magnum (Steffie Sin)

9. Blessed Nobody (Ep!phanee & Steffie Sin)

10. Give me a Man (Steffie Sin)

11. Love Life Prayer (Steffie Sin)

12. Runaway Train (Steffie Sin)

13. Driving the Desoto (Steffie Sin)

14. What the Girls Want (Steffie Sin)

15. Dirigible in the Dark (Steffie Sin)

The Change (1973)
Steffie Sin’s final pre-reunion album was the least successful, both commercially and critically. Many postulated that without the interplay with the other Ladybugs, the fire had gone out of her writing. All songs are by Steffie Sin.

1. Wrong Way Highway

2. Juncture

3. Holiday

4. Not Here Today

5. The Hedgehog

6. Maria

7. Fill up your Hole

8. San Francisco Journey

9. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

10. Green and Black

11. Sand

12. Expired

13. One Way Ticket to the Past

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Penny Dreadful Solo Albums

Never Stop Rocking (1968)

Penny Dreadful’s first three albums were filled with hard rock songs that hadn’t found room on the Ladybugs albums. Working with an all star band of rotating members, which included both Steffie Sin and Ruth De Molay, she crafted a series of well-produced works.

1. Analyze Yourself (Penny Dreadful)

2. The Once and Future Bitch (Penny Dreadful)

3. A Little Simplification (Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin)

4. Tea Bag (Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin)

5. Suicide War (Penny Dreadful)

6. Lives you Read About (Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin)

7. Feel it in Your Heart (Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin)

8. Legs in the Air (Penny Dreadful)

9. Great Minds Don’t Get You Anywhere (Penny Dreadful)

10. No One Won the Last War (Penny Dreadful)

11. My Rose (Penny Dreadful)

12. Sandbox (Penny Dreadful)

13. Never Stop Rocking (Penny Dreadful)

14. I’m Flattered (Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin)

Waking the Dead (1969)

Labeled as a Penny Dreadful Album, Waking the Dead boasted all four Ladybugs playing on some of the tracks. All tracks were written by Penny Dreadful. The cover featured a female werewolf howling at the moon.

1. Binding My Feet

2. Lon Chaney’s Date

3. Waking the Dead #2 on the singles chart.

4. Blunder

5. Abraham’s Fall

6. Shocking Obvious Signs of Violence

7. Brutality

8. Raise the Rates

9. Swallowing a Bitter Pill #4 on the singles chart

10. Surviving the Revolt

11. Castor and Pollux

12. In the Year 2012

13. Peas in a Pod

14. The Once and Future Bitch – Reprise

The Ultimate Edge (1970)

The Ultimate Edge was selling well until Naked came out later that year. All songs by Penny Dreadful, along with a rotation of studio musicians.

1. St. Louis Steaks’

2. Take That

3. We’re all Yahoos

4. Signal Pipe

5. Eight Planets

6. Early Morning Accident

7. Exchange

8. My Body is Yours #20 on the singles chart.

9. Tasking Me

10. The Real Story

11. Dance Hall Shark

12. Old Kansas

13. Soul Mates

14. Intended Consequences

Beaches (1971)

Penny Dreadful’s first post-Ladybugs album was a more soulfoul melodic work than her first three, and gained great critical praise. It also boasted her first two number one singles as a solo act. All songs are written by Penny Dreadful. She and Steffie Sin performed all the music for the album.

1. Beaches

2. Across the Wave

3. Island of Discontent

4. Blue Water

5. Emerald

6. Dark of the Night #1 on the singles chart.

7. Injured

8. Family Gossip

9. Beauty and the Beat #1 on the singles chart.

10. Forgiven

11. Lost in the Stadium

12. Mine or Yours

13. Sorry

14. Periwinkle #99 on the singles chart.

Walking on Mars (1972)

Walking on Mars continued Penny Dreadful’s rise as a solo artist. Many popular musicians worked on this album, happy at the chance to collaborate with the Ladybug. All songs were written by Penny Dreadful.

1. Walking on Mars #1 on the singles chart.

2. Stalagmite

3. Colubus’ Second Voyage

4. The Art of Love #2 on the singles chart.

5. Daily Life

6. Claims on my Body #1 on the singles chart.

7. Church and State

8. Provocation

9. Sandstone

10. The Union of the Mind #6 on the singles chart.

11. Space and Time

12. The Visit

13. Timeline

14. My Journey

15. Recompense #1 on the chart.

Whetstone (1973)

Whetstone harkened back to the Ladybugs with several covers of Ladybugs songs, including the one by Ep!phanee. Interestingly, Ep!phanee was the only member of the Ladybugs not to perform on this album.

1. Adam without Eve (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.

2. Drink it Up (Penny Dreadful)

3. Box Garden (Penny Dreadful)

4. Amaze Me (Penny Dreadful)

5. Amateur Cosmetologist (Penny Dreadful)

6. Friend of Mine (Penny Dreadful)

7. Enemy of Mine (Penny Dreadful) #17 on the singles chart.

8. Saratoga Twist (Penny Dreadful & Ruth De Molay)

9. Chopin’s Rock Song (Penny Dreadful)

10 One Under the Bridge (Penny Dreadful)

11. Power Station (Penny Dreadful)

12. Valley of Songs (Penny Dreadful

13. Rotting Garden of Eden (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.

Mercury (1974)

Mercury was completed just before the official reunion of the Ladybugs, though they all worked together to greater or lesser degrees together in the studio on the album. This album also without a doubt featured Penny Dreadful’s most sexually explicit lyrics. Carpetmuncher in particular was banned on radios worldwide and the Science Police registered 4,063 death threats on the singer as a direct result of this one song.

1. Carpetmuncher (Penny Dreadful)

2. Submissive Olive (Penny Dreadful)

3. Backside (Penny Dreadful)

4. Wonderful Feeling (Penny Dreadful & Steffie Sin)

5. Signals from You (Penny Dreadful)

6. Gatekeeper (Penny Dreadful)

7. Sister Missionary (Penny Dreadful)

8. Different Rivers (Penny Dreadful)

9. Mind Sweeper (Penny Dreadful & Ep!phanee)

10. Something on my Mind (Penny Dreadful)

11. Missing (Penny Dreadful)

12. Mass Action (Penny Dreadful)

13. The Midnight Song (Penny Dreadful)

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Ep!phanee Solo Albums

E-PARTY (1968)
E-Party was an unremarkable album of mostly dance music, featuring heavy drums. Almost all instruments were played by Ep!phanee. All songs were written and performed by Ep!phanee.
1. America
2. Jump
3. Action Inaction
4. Dance Dance Dance
5. Rope
6. Come and Get Me
7. Lift it, Swing it
8. Vertical
9. One Step
10. Princeton Prison
11. West Coast
12. Sunshine Divine
13. Walking Wonder
14. Shuffle

Experimental (1969)
As the title suggests, Experimental was filled with music experimentations, as well as bits and pieces of songs that should have been finished before being recorded. The one decent track was Pinapple Dance, later recorded in a much finished version on Rebel Girls. All songs on the album were performed by Ep!phanee with a rotating group of studio musicians. Ruth De Molay played drums on all tracks except Darkness. All songs were written by Ep!phanee except Burnt Umber with was by Ep!phanee and Ruth De Molay.
1. Pineapple Dance
2. Darkness
3. Burnt Umber
4. Trademark
5. Scream of Rage
6. Daily Life
7. Last of the Buffalo
8. Not a Man, Not a Brother
9. Early Life
10. Give Me Bread
11. Magna Carta
12. Request
13. Sand Dollar
14. Fire
15. What is the Question?
16. Somebody for Somebody

Det Underbara Fantastiska Svenska Albumet Som Jag Alltid Ville Göra (1969)
As a native of Sweden, Ep!phanee was determined to write and record an album in Swedish, which she did between the Ladybugs sessions for Platinum Dream and Matching Tattoos. The album was popular neither in Sweden nor anywhere else, though it has gained a cult following over the years as an (unintended) comedic album. All songs are written and entirely performed by Ep!phanee.
1. Jag Vill en Munk
2. Den Verkligen Verkligen Långa Sången
3. Jag Dricker Saft
4. Gör Kärlek i Badkaret
5. Stora Filmer på Filmteatern
6. Välkomna till Aphuset
7. Ett Stoppinköp
8.Jjag Tycker om en Mans Sak om det är Stort
9. Böj Mig Őver
10. Vaccuum Städerskkärlek
11. Två Gånger under en Bro
12. Du Ttog Tiden att Läsa Det

Virgin (1970)
The virgin album is far more famous for its cover than any of the songs it contained. Not content with the rather tame nudity displayed on Platinum Dream and Naked, Ep!phanee posed in full frontal glory on the front cover and full rear nudity on the back. The album was sold wrapped in a brown paper cover. All songs were written and performed by Ep!phanee.
1. Virgin
2. Song Garden
3. I Want a Donut
4. Trials
5. Apple
6. Customary
7. Ambulance Service
8. Deadly Games
9. Her Plea
10. Fight the System
11. Come Home
12. First Choice
13. Virgin (reprise)

Long Held (1971)
Sometimes (non completely unfairly) called Ep!phanee’s first real solo album, Long Held is so named because the vast majority of the songs on the album were written prior to 1967. All songs were written by Ep!phanee and most feature pop form of lead guitar, guitar, bass, drums. A number of famous musicians lent their talents though no records exist of exactly who played what on various tracks.
1. Make Your Donation #73 on the singles chart.
2. Science
3. People are the Same
4. Anxiety
5. Hystory
6. Imperfect
7. You Amuse You
8. Sanctity of Purpose
9. Riding the Reins
10. Our Place in the World
11. Living with God
12. The Secret Doctrine
13. Chances to Change #30 on the singles chart.
14. Never Mindful

Memories of Dust (1972)
The most successful Ep!phanee solo album, Memories of Dust was not without its bizarre experiments. The Hysterian National Anthem is a track that consists of a twelve minute long series of screams, while My Wish is 15 seconds of barely audible murmuring. Still, Cortez, After the French Kiss, I’m a Fool, and Darkness Always Falls are all solid songs. Memories of Dust was released as the only single. It climbed to number 3 before dropping to number 7, but it stayed in the top ten for almost two years. Since that time it has been listed as one of the most influential songs of all times in lists by critics and social historians alike.
1. Memories of Dust #3 Hit
2. Damnation
3. Cortez
4. After the French Kiss
5. I’m a Fool
6. Darkness Falls Always
7. The Hysterian National Anthem
8. Little Bit of Honey
9. Bringing it Down
10. My Wish

That Time in New York City (1972)
This album was recorded live in Central Park. Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, piano. Florence Grabe: guitar, sitar. Sandra Bracegirdle: bass. Ruth De Molay: backing drums.
1. America
2. Pineapple Dance
3. After the French Kiss
4. I’m a Fool
5. Memories of Dust
6. Make Your Donation
7. Chances to Change
8. Hystory
9. You Amuse You
10. Damnation
11. Cortez
12. Darkness Always Falls
13. Memories of Dust Reprise

The Island Republic Band (1973)
This album was recorded at Thatch Cay, the first since Naked. Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, piano. Florence Grabe: guitar, sitar. Sandra Bracegirdle: bass. Ruth De Molay: backing drums. Diana Montegnio: other. With this album, Ep!phanee began remaking some earlier experimental work into real songs. Not surprisingly, this was her best selling solo album to date.
1. America
2. After the French Kiss
3. I’m a Fool
4.You Amuse You
5. Ett Stoppinköp
6. Chances to Change
7. Decorating
8. Purging your Liver
9. The Family from Hell
10. Rice Wine
11. Women of the Congo #27 on the singles chart.
12. A Winning Christmas #80 on the singles chart.
13. Memorable for Me
14. Radio-Vid Ready

Favorite Attraction (1973)
Featuring a now standard band, Favorite attraction expanded Ep!phanee’s rock library. It surpassed The Island Republic Band in Sales and gave her her first number one solo single. Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, piano. Florence Grabe: guitar, sitar. Sandra Bracegirdle: bass. Ruth De Molay: backing drums.
1. Favorite Attraction #8 on the singles chart.
2. Changed My Mind #1 on the singles chart.
3. Hanging at the Joint
4. My Birthday
5. Fireworks
6. Fat Lady
7. Stick out your Tongue
8. What’s Bothering You?
9. Wounded
10. The Wasted Land
11. Bluefish in the Sea
12. Sounds Within
13. Fair Play
14. Neanderthal #19 on the singles chart.

Overwhelmed (1974)
The final Ep!phanee solo album featured her regular line-up of musicians along with a string of friends. She returned to the Buddy Holly well and produced several popular new recordings of the old songs.
1. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Buddy Holly)
2. Love’s Made You a Fool (Buddy Holly)
3. Heartbeat (Buddy Holly)
4. She’s My Dream (Ep!phanee) # 41 on the singles chart.
5. Maybe Baby (Buddy Holly)
6. Oh Boy (Buddy Holly) #8 on the singles chart.
7. I’m Gonna Love You Too (Buddy Holly)
8. Lying Awake at Night Alone (Ep!phanee)
9. Words of Love (Buddy Holly) #28 on the singles chart.
10. The World’s a Stage (Ep!phanee)
11. Crying Waiting Hoping (Buddy Holly)
12. True Love Ways (Buddy Holly)
13. Midnight Shift (Buddy Holly)
14. Overwhelmed (Ep!phanee)

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Rebel Girls (1974)

The return to the recording studio by The Ladybugs after more than three years, Rebel Girls was the most momentous event since the introduction of the radio. Within one month it had become the best selling album of all time. To date, only the title track has been released as a single.

1. Rebel Girls (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

2. Get out of my Head (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

3. Love in China (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. Supermodels with Guns (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. Drag Your Troubles with You (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, tambourine. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. Pathetic Human (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

7. Possibilities (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

8. Go to Heaven (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, organ. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

9. Between my Legs (Penny Dreadul)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

10. Rip it Up (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

11. Don’t Smoke While I’m Sleeping (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

12. Undeserved Honor (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

13. Laws Control the Lesser Man (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: organ. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

14. Pineapple Dance (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guiro. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

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Naked (1970)

Naked was actually recorded before Blue Science, but disagreements over production caused the tapes to be shelved for eight months. A documentary of the making of the album shows the band stressed to the breaking point. Many critics panned the album, but when it became obvious it might be the last work of the Ladybugs, it went double platinum. The cover featured the band again in conservative nude shots, this time at a public bath house.

1. Naked (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

2. What Are Little Boys Made of? (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: orchestra

3. Watch Word (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar, accordian. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass, organ. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. Biography (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guiro, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. Cauliflower (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. Civilization (Ruth De Molay)
Ep!phanee: guitar, tambourine. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

7. Classic (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

8. Don’t Go Around Saying That (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: orchestra.

9. Your Education (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

10. Witness (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass, drums. Ruth De Molay: bongos.

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Blue Science (1970)

The last Ladybugs album recorded before the famous breakup, Blue Science wasn’t released until after Naked. It is generally considered the better of the two albums. The second side consists of reworked nursery rhymes which are usually played together as a single piece.

1. Burn Me (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: vocals. Penny Dreadful: acoustic guitar.

2. I’m a Vat Baby, Baby (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

3. Give me a Man (Steffie Sin) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. Blue Science (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. Dress if You Will (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. The Sandman (traditional)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: harmony vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: harmony vocals, drums.

7. Baa Baa Blacksheep (traditional)
Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass, fuzz base. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

8. Three Little Kittens (traditional)
Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

9. Twinkle Twinkle (Taylor, Taylor, Mozart)
Ep!phanee: piano. Ruth De Molay: vocals.

10. Sleep in My Bed (Ep!phanee, Penny Dreadful, Steffie Sin, Ruth De Molay)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: harmony vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: harmony vocals, drums. Other: orchestra.

11. Ladybug Ladybug (traditional)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: choir.

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Matching Tattoos (1969)

Matching Tattoos was a song written about fish tattoos which both Ep!phanee and Penny Dreadful had applied. Penny’s was later removed. The album was generally accepted as the best Ladybugs album since Blessed Nobody, with several solid rockers, though only two were released as singles.

1. Casanova (Penny Dreadful) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

2. Matching Tattoos (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

3. Love is Life (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. I Hate My Life (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. Piñata (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. Strange Nature (Steffie Sin)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

7. Hardly Hard (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

8. My Own Approval (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

9. Second to Too Many (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

10. Crank it Up (Penny Dreadful)
Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

11. Assault of Age (Ep!phanee)
Ep!phanee: lead vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: backing vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

12. Always do Right (Ruth De Molay)
Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

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Platinum Dream (1969)

Platinum Dream was an attempt to return to a more balanced album along the lines of Magnum. It came off as a washed out version of the Spotted Album though, with few hard rockers by Penny Dreadful, and Steffie Sin songs that seemed like Ep!phanee knock-offs. As with the Spotted Album, the one great song was an Ep!phanee classic, this time Rotting Garden of Eden. It was the least successful Ladybugs album, despite the cover. The band posed for the cover wearing only silver body paint, hands and poses supplying some modesty. Unlike Beneath the Denim, there was no recall.

1. My Immortal Love (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: backing vocals, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

2. What a Man Does (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: backing vocals, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

3. Metropolis (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, recorder, accordian. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. Pygmalion (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, recorder, harp. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass, flute. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. Drink it Up (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. Amaze Me (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

7. Be Still My Child (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: spoken word, drums.

8. Lightbulbs (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, recorder, accordian. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

9. Whisper Kiss (Ruth De Molay)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

10. Paradox Paradox (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

11. I’ve Been Shedding Tears (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: backing vocals, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

12. What Could Have Been (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: backing vocals, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

13. Rotting Garden of Eden (Ep!phanee) #1 on the singles chart.

Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

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The Ladybugs (aka The Spotted Album) (1968)

The self-titled Ladybugs album, also known as the spotted album due to the styilized close-up of a ladybug on the cover reflected not only the backlog of songs by Penny Dreadful and Steffie Sin, but also their desire to return to simpler music. Few of the resulting songs could be considered great with the exception of the first track. The Song Tesla’s Stepdaughters became an anthem of a generation of women living in a highly technical world without men.

1. Tesla’s Stepdaughters (Ep!phanee) #1 On the singles chart.

Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

2. Beauty Is (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

3. Bathsheba (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, guitar, harmonica. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

4. Don’t Let Him Inside You (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

5. The Crossroads (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

6. Steffie’s Lookalike Robot (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, accordian. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Ruth De Molay: drums. Other: vox mechanica.

7. My Black Heart (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

8. China Lunch (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

9. Fifty Million Cars (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

10. After Great Pain (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, piano, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

11. High Risk (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

12. Things are Beautiful if you Love Them (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

13. Handprints on Car Windows (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: harmony vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: lead vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

14. Just a Nut (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

15. Wounded Deer (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

16. My Dream (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, piano. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass, bagpipes. Ruth De Molay: drums.

17. Behind Every Woman (Ruth De Molay)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass, saxaphone. Ruth De Molay: vocals, drums.

18. I’m Rich, So Rich (Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

19. Egomaniac (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

20. Sad Little Witch Penny Dreadful)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

21. A World is Dead (Steffie Sin)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

22. Plumbing (Ruth De Molay)

Ep!phanee: guitar. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: lead vocals, drums.

23. Madrid (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, mandolin. Penny Dreadful: guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

24. Cliffs of Doneen (Traditional)

Ep!phanee: backing vocals, guitar. Penny Dreadful: lead vocals, guitar. Steffie Sin: backing vocals, bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.

25. Where are you, Francis Perkins? (Ep!phanee)

Ep!phanee: vocals, ukilele. Penny Dreadful: acoustic guitar. Steffie Sin: bass. Ruth De Molay: drums.