Crashes (album)
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Released | 13 June 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1979–80 | |||
Studio | AIR Studios, London Townhouse Studios, London | |||
Genre | Power pop | |||
Length | 35:30 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Craig Leon, Mick Glossop | |||
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Crashes is the second album by the British power pop band the Records, released in 1980 by Virgin Records.
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Crashes did not chart in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 album chart at number 204.[2] Rolling Stone published a favourable review of the album upon its initial release.[3]
Retrospectively, Trouser Press called the album a "passable, but hardly a great follow-up" to Shades in Bed.[4]
Track listing
All songs written by Will Birch and John Wicks except where noted.
UK release
- Side one
- "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:02
- "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
- "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:35
- "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Richie Bull) – 2:46
- "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
- Side two
- "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:43
- "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:10
- "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:45
- "The Worriers" – 3:25
- "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:05
US release
- Side one
- "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:47
- "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:52
- "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:47
- "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:38
- "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
- Side two
- "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:09
- "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:06
- "The Worriers" – 3:29
- "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
- "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:08
2004 CD release
- "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:21
- "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:44
- "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:04
- "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:33
- "The Same Mistakes" – 4:12
- "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:48
- "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:48
- "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:11
- "The Worriers" – 3:28
- "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:14
- "Injury Time" – 3:08
- "Vamp" – 3:11
- "So Sorry" – 2:50
- "Faces at the Window" – 3:39
- "The Same Mistakes" (1979) - 4:00
- "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (1979) (Birch, Bull) – 3:02
Personnel
- John Wicks – guitar, vocals
- Phil Brown – bass, vocals
- Jude Cole – guitar, vocals
- Will Birch – drums
References
- ^ Schnee, Steve "Spaz". "Crashes – The Records". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 367. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
- ^ De Matteis, J. M. (30 October 1980). "The Records: Crashes". Rolling Stone: 54.
- ^ Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Records". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.