Dude Descending a Staircase is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group Apollo 440, released as a double album on 22 July 2003 by Stealth Sonic Recordings and Epic Records. Its title and cover art reference the painting Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp. Track listing Disc 1 "Dude Descending a Staircase" (Lester Fernandez, Trevor Gray, Howard Gray, Noko, Abiodun Oyewole, Jerry Tineo) - 5:06 "Hustler Groove" (Stuart Crichton, Gray, Gray, Noko, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin) - 6:14 "Disco Sucks" (Gray, Gray, Ewan MacFarlane, Noko) - 3:55 "N'Existe Pas" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:45 "Electronic Civil Disobedience" (Jay Dunne, Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:55 "1,2,3,4" (Gray, Gray, Ian Hoxley, Noko, Pete Wylie) - 3:45 "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape" (Gray, Trevor Gray, Paul Kodish, Noko) - 4:40 "Time is Running Out" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:00 "Children of the Future" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Nuriddin) - 8:00 Disc 2 "Diamonds in the Sidewalk" (Gray, Gray, Jack Kerouac, Noko) - 3:41 "Something's Got to Give" (Denise Davis, Gray, Gray, Pete Kessler, Lisa Lindley-Jones, Noko) - 6:54 "Christiane" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 5:37 "Existe" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 6:00 "Bulletproof Blues" (Gray, Gray, MacFarlane, Noko) - 6:21 "Suitcase '88" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 4:31 "Check Your Ego" (Gray, Gray, Noko, Elroy Powell) - 4:09 "Rope, Rapture & the Rising Sun" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 7:06 "Bad Chemistry" (Gray, Gray, Noko) - 2:46 Personnel Apollo 440 – producer Anthony Ausgang – sleeve art The Beatnuts – vocals John Birchall – hair stylist Tommy Blaize – vocals, backing vocals Mary Byker – backing vocals Andy Caine – backing vocals Chris Conway – engineer Stuart Crichton – cello, keyboards, programming, backing vocals, producer John Davis – mastering Elizabeth Gray – vocals, backing vocals Cliff Hewitt – drums Keith Holden – harmonica Harry K – backing vocals Jack Kerouac – vocals Paul Kodish – drums Ashley Krajewski – assistant engineer, mixing assistant Kristine – whisper Ewan MacFarlane – vocals, backing vocals Andrew Nicholls – mixing assistant Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin – vocals Elroy "Spoonface" Powell – vocals Tom Sheehan – photography Stan Francisco – saxophone Pete Wylie – vocals Xan – vocals References 2003 albums Apollo 440 albums