Stray Cats (album)
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| Studio album by Stray Cats | ||||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980/1981 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 37:11 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | |||
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Stray Cats is the first album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was released in the UK and was very successful, with hits such as "Runaway Boys," "Stray Cat Strut," and "Rock This Town."
"Storm the Embassy" is about the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 and may be the only time the Stray Cats recorded a political song.
This album has never been released in the United States. Six of the songs from it, including the hits "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town", were issued on the band's first American album Built for Speed.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Runaway Boys" ~ (Brian Setzer, Jimmy McDonnell) - 3:03
- "Fishnet Stockings" ^ (Brian Setzer) - 2:25
- "Ubangi Stomp" ^ (Charles Underwood) - 3:14
- "Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" ~ (George Motola, Ricky Page) - 2:21
- "Storm The Embassy" ^ (Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom) - 4:08
- "Rock This Town" ~ (Dave Edmunds, Brian Setzer) - 3:28
- "Rumble in Brighton" ^ (Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom) - 3:16
- "Stray Cat Strut" ~ (Brian Setzer) - 3:16
- "Crawl Up and Die" (Brian Feli, Jim Feli) - 3:13
- "Double Talkin' Baby" ~ (Danny Wolfe) - 3:05
- "My One Desire" ~ (Dorsey Burnette) - 2:57
- "Wild Saxophone" ^ (Brian Setzer) - 3:01
~ produced by Dave Edmunds and ^ produced by Brian Setzer & Stray Cats
[edit] Personnel
- Brian Setzer - guitar, vocals
- Slim Jim Phantom - drums
- Lee Rocker - bass
- Gary Barnacle - saxophone
[edit] Charts
Album - UK Albums Chart(United Kingdom)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | UK Albums | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| November 1980 | "Runaway Boys" | UK Top 40 | 9 |
| February 1981 | "Rock This Town" | UK Top 40 | 9 |
| April 1981 | "Stray Cat Strut" | UK Top 40 | 11 |
[edit] In other media
The song "Rock This Town" is featured in the multiplatform game Guitar Hero II, the Nintendo GameCube game Donkey Konga, the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, and the PS2 version of the Disney Pixar game Cars. "Stray Cat Strut" is featured in the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero: On Tour.
"Ubangi Stomp" was featured in the 1998 South Korean film The Quiet Family and in the 2005 Russian film Dead Man's Bluff (Жмурки)
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