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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 rockabilly, as shown on the out and out rock & roll tracks "Fishnet Stockings," "Double Talkin Baby," and "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" and "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 /TiVo
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Dave Edmunds, Producer - McDonnell, Composer - McDonnell, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Stray Cats, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist - Brian Setzer, Producer
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
C. Underwood, Composer - C. Underwood, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Producer
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Dave Edmunds, Producer - Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Stray Cats, Vocal
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Phantom, Composer - Phantom, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist - Brian Setzer, Producer
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Dave Edmunds, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Phantom, Composer - Phantom, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist - Brian Setzer, Producer
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Dave Edmunds, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
B. & J. Feli, Composer - B. & J. Feli, Lyricist - Dave Edmunds, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Dave Edmunds, Producer - Danny Wolfe, Composer - Danny Wolfe, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Vocal
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Dave Edmunds, Producer - D. Burnette, Composer - D. Burnette, Lyricist - Stray Cats, Vocal
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Stray Cats, Producer - Stray Cats, Vocal - Brian Setzer, Composer - Brian Setzer, Lyricist - Brian Setzer, Producer
(P) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Album review
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 rockabilly, as shown on the out and out rock & roll tracks "Fishnet Stockings," "Double Talkin Baby," and "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" and "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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:59
- Main artists: Stray Cats
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Rockabilly
(P)1981 Arista Records Ltd
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