Big Smash!
Wreckless Eric's third album was released as a double LP (SEEZ 21) and as cassette (ZSEES 21) on February 29, 1980. While the first LP comprised new material, the extra LP was the U.S.-only, compilation album The Whole Wide World.
Big Smash! was re-issued as a 2-CD set in 2007 with 3 bonus tracks (CDSEEZ 21).[2]
Track Listing Double LP - 1980
Side 1
- "A Popsong"
- "Tonight (Is My Night)"
- "Too Busy"
- "Broken Doll"
- "Can I Be Your Hero?"
- "Back In My Hometown"
Side 2
- "It'll Soon Be The Weekend"
- "Strange Towns"
- "Excuse Me"
- "Break My Mind"
- "Good Conversation"
- "Out Of The Blue"
- "A Popsong (reprise)"
Side 3
- "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World"
- "Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)"
- "Let's Go To The Pictures" (Alternate version)
- "Walking On The Surface Of The Moon" (Alternate version)
- "Hit & Miss Judy"
- "I Wish It Would Rain"
Side 4
- "Reconnez Cherie"
- "Veronica"
- "Brain Thieves"
- "Semaphore Signals"
- "I Need A Situation"
- "The Final Taxi"
- "There Isn't Anything Else"
Track Listing 2CD Set - 2007
CD 1
- "A Popsong"
- "Tonight (Is My Night)"
- "Too Busy"
- "Broken Doll"
- "Can I Be Your Hero?"
- "Back In My Hometown"
- "It'll Soon Be The Weekend"
- "Strange Towns"
- "Excuse Me"
- "Break My Mind"
- "Good Conversation"
- "Out Of The Blue"
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CD 2
- "(I'd Go the) Whole Wide World"
- "Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)"
- "Let's Go To The Pictures"
- "Walking On The Surface Of The Moon"
- "Hit & Miss Judy"
- "I Wish It Would Rain"
- "Reconnez Cherie"
- "Veronica"
- "Brain Thieves"
- "Semaphore Signals"
- "I Need A Situation"
- "The Final Taxi"
- "There Isn't Anything Else"
- "A Little Bit More"
- "Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.) - Live"
- "I Need A Situation - Live"
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Personnel
For LP/Disc 1
- Wreckless Eric: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
- Pete Gosling: Lead Guitar, Electric and Acoustic Rhythm Guitars
- Walter Hacon: Electric and Acoustic Rhythm Guitars
- Malcolm Morley: Organ, Piano, Acoustic Guitar
- John Brown: Electric Bass Guitar
- Dave Otway (Professor Carnage): Drums and Percussion.
References
- ↑ Cranna, Ian. "Wreckless Eric: Big Smash". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
- ↑ Official Stiff discography at stiff-records.com
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