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Stray Cats
debut album came hot on the heels of the two hit singles
"Runaway Boys"
and
"Rock This Town,"
both energy filled
rockabilly
songs that hearkened back to the 1950s era of pure
rock & roll
with an updated, clean '80s sound highlighted by the prominent double bass playing of
Lee Rocker
and drumming of
Slim Jim Phantom
.
The Stray Cats
had more depth than pure
, as shown on the out and out
tracks
"Fishnet Stockings,"
"Double Talkin Baby,"
"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
(a facsimile of
"Summertime Blues"
), and the sleazy third single
"Stray Cat Strut,"
perfectly evocative of a night out on the tiles.
"Storm the Embassy,"
a song about the Iranian hostage situation than ran throughout 1980, would not have sounded out of place performed by
the Clash
, and
"Ubangi Stomp"
bore more than a passing resemblance to another musical craze of the early '80s:
ska
as performed by
Madness
or any of the
2 Tone
stable of acts. This album was by far their most successful, hitting number six in the charts and their only entry into the Top 40. It was never released in the U.S., but five tracks, the three singles, plus
"Rumble in Brighton"
"Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie"
were amalgamated with tracks from the follow-up,
Gonna Ball
and appeared on the U.S. compilation
Built for Speed
. ~ Sharon Mawer
debut album came hot on the heels of the two hit singles
"Runaway Boys"
and
"Rock This Town,"
both energy filled
rockabilly
songs that hearkened back to the 1950s era of pure
rock & roll
with an updated, clean '80s sound highlighted by the prominent double bass playing of
Lee Rocker
and drumming of
Slim Jim Phantom
.
The Stray Cats
had more depth than pure
, as shown on the out and out
tracks
"Fishnet Stockings,"
"Double Talkin Baby,"
"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
(a facsimile of
"Summertime Blues"
), and the sleazy third single
"Stray Cat Strut,"
perfectly evocative of a night out on the tiles.
"Storm the Embassy,"
a song about the Iranian hostage situation than ran throughout 1980, would not have sounded out of place performed by
the Clash
, and
"Ubangi Stomp"
bore more than a passing resemblance to another musical craze of the early '80s:
ska
as performed by
Madness
or any of the
2 Tone
stable of acts. This album was by far their most successful, hitting number six in the charts and their only entry into the Top 40. It was never released in the U.S., but five tracks, the three singles, plus
"Rumble in Brighton"
"Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie"
were amalgamated with tracks from the follow-up,
Gonna Ball
and appeared on the U.S. compilation
Built for Speed
. ~ Sharon Mawer
Stray Cats
debut album came hot on the heels of the two hit singles
"Runaway Boys"
and
"Rock This Town,"
both energy filled
rockabilly
songs that hearkened back to the 1950s era of pure
rock & roll
with an updated, clean '80s sound highlighted by the prominent double bass playing of
Lee Rocker
and drumming of
Slim Jim Phantom
.
The Stray Cats
had more depth than pure
, as shown on the out and out
tracks
"Fishnet Stockings,"
"Double Talkin Baby,"
"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
(a facsimile of
"Summertime Blues"
), and the sleazy third single
"Stray Cat Strut,"
perfectly evocative of a night out on the tiles.
"Storm the Embassy,"
a song about the Iranian hostage situation than ran throughout 1980, would not have sounded out of place performed by
the Clash
, and
"Ubangi Stomp"
bore more than a passing resemblance to another musical craze of the early '80s:
ska
as performed by
Madness
or any of the
2 Tone
stable of acts. This album was by far their most successful, hitting number six in the charts and their only entry into the Top 40. It was never released in the U.S., but five tracks, the three singles, plus
"Rumble in Brighton"
"Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie"
were amalgamated with tracks from the follow-up,
Gonna Ball
and appeared on the U.S. compilation
Built for Speed
. ~ Sharon Mawer
debut album came hot on the heels of the two hit singles
"Runaway Boys"
and
"Rock This Town,"
both energy filled
rockabilly
songs that hearkened back to the 1950s era of pure
rock & roll
with an updated, clean '80s sound highlighted by the prominent double bass playing of
Lee Rocker
and drumming of
Slim Jim Phantom
.
The Stray Cats
had more depth than pure
, as shown on the out and out
tracks
"Fishnet Stockings,"
"Double Talkin Baby,"
"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie"
(a facsimile of
"Summertime Blues"
), and the sleazy third single
"Stray Cat Strut,"
perfectly evocative of a night out on the tiles.
"Storm the Embassy,"
a song about the Iranian hostage situation than ran throughout 1980, would not have sounded out of place performed by
the Clash
, and
"Ubangi Stomp"
bore more than a passing resemblance to another musical craze of the early '80s:
ska
as performed by
Madness
or any of the
2 Tone
stable of acts. This album was by far their most successful, hitting number six in the charts and their only entry into the Top 40. It was never released in the U.S., but five tracks, the three singles, plus
"Rumble in Brighton"
"Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie"
were amalgamated with tracks from the follow-up,
Gonna Ball
and appeared on the U.S. compilation
Built for Speed
. ~ Sharon Mawer
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