This Is Big Audio Dynamite
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| Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite | |||||
| Released | October 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Post-punk | ||||
| Length | 43:09 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Producer | Mick Jones | ||||
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This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Medicine Show" – 6:29
- "Sony" – 4:30
- "E=MC²" – 5:54
- "The Bottom Line" – 4:35
- "A Party" – 6:40
- "Sudden Impact!" – 5:03
- "Stone Thames" – 4:05
- "Bad" – 5:54
All Songs written by Jones/Letts except The Bottom Line written by Mick Jones.
[edit] Personnel
- Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
- Don Letts - sound effects, vocals
- Dan Donovan - keyboards
- Leo Williams - bass guitar
- Greg Roberts - drums
[edit] Samples used on the album
Medicine Show
- Many samples from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone
- One sample The Treasure of the Sierra Madre directed by John Huston
- "I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
- A short sample from A Fistful of Dynamite directed by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution)
Sony
- Joe Strummer crowing from The Clash song "London Calling"
E=MC²
- Several samples from the cult film Performance directed by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg
