Stray Cats

Stray Cats

by Stray Cats
Stray Cats

Stray Cats

by Stray Cats

CD(German Import)

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Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date: 10/20/1998
Label: Arista / Import
UPC: 4007192532957
Rank: 45801

Tracks

  1. Runaway Boys
  2. Fishnet Stockings
  3. Ubangi Stomp
  4. Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie
  5. Storm the Embassy
  6. Rock This Town
  7. Rumble in Brighton
  8. Stray Cat Strut
  9. Crawl Up and Die
  10. Double Talkin' Baby
  11. My One Desire
  12. Wild Saxaphone
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