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Wild Wild West
Studio album by
The Escape Club
ReleasedJuly 11, 1988 [1]
Recorded1987
StudioMaison Rouge, Air London, Westside Studios
GenreAlternative rock
Length39:10
LabelAtlantic[2]
ProducerChris Kimsey
The Escape Club chronology
White Fields
(1986) 		Wild Wild West
(1988) 		Dollars and Sex
(1991)

Wild Wild West is the second album by rock band The Escape Club, released in 1988.[3] It includes their most well-known song, "Wild, Wild West".[4] The album also included the singles "Shake for the Sheik" and "Walking Through Walls".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Track listing

  • All songs written and arranged by The Escape Club.
No.TitleLength
1."Wild, Wild West"5:44
2."Jealousy"3:07
3."Shake for the Sheik"4:02
4."Walking Through Walls"3:20
5."The Longest Day"4:36
6."Who Do You Love?"3:17
7."Staring at the Sun"4:47
8."Only the Rain"3:06
9."Goodbye Joey Rae"4:28
10."Working for the Fatman"2:57

Non-album tracks

Song (time) Appeared on

Single/EP

We Can Run (3:50) Wild, Wild West
Standing on a Bridge (4:00) Walking Through Walls
Twentieth Century Fox (3:35) The Wonder Years soundtrack


Personnel

The Escape Club

  • Trevor Steel: Guitars, Main Vocal
  • John Holliday: Guitars, Harmonica, Backing Vocals
  • Johnnie Christo: Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Milan Zekavica: Drums, Percussion


Additional Personnel

  • Steve Pigott, John Carin, Alan Clark: Keyboards, Synthesizers
  • Andy Duncan, Steve Scales: Percussion
  • Ben Parks, Brian Brumitt, Dave Plews, Jim Patterson: Horns
  • "Plum", Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals

References

  1. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - October 16, 2010: Escape Club certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 Jul 2013.
  2. ^ Writer, DEBORAH WILKER, Music. "ESCAPE CLUB HAS A WILD BEGINNING". Sun-Sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Escape Club - Wild, Wild West". www.pastemagazine.com. September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "'Tween the Rock and Pop Place". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1988.
  5. ^ "Wild Wild West - The Escape Club | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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