Album
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
1985 · Electronic, Rock
22 collectors on Gatefold own this
This Is Big Audio Dynamite is an Electronic album by Big Audio Dynamite, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 76 pressings tracked, owned by 22 collectors.
About
As Mick Jones was cast away from the Clash and Joe Strummer hung on to the group trying to recreate the glory days of 1977, Jones picked up with filmmaker Don Letts and went about further exploring the creative reaches of The Clash’s <i>Sandinista!</i> and <i>Combat Rock</i>. By incorporating dance rhythms and acknowledging the growing influence of rap music, B.A.D. were very much a part of their time in 1985 and yet in some ways still beyond much of the formulaic music that has come in its wake. “Medicine Show” is an immediate classic, with movie music samples and dialogue laced into its Dancehall grooves. “Sony” rattles along with a bold, impressionistic, polyrhythmic weave. “E=MC2” adds ‘80s synths and features ensemble vocals that blend with the spoken word clips and other found sounds. An essential document of the era.
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Tracklist
- 1Medicine Show6:32
- 2Sony4:29
- 3E=MC25:54
- 4The Bottom Line4:36
- 5A Party6:39
- 6Sudden Impact!5:04
- 7Stone Thames4:06
- 8Bad5:45
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- playful
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dan DonovanARTWORK , KEYBOARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY ARTWORK , KEYBOARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARTWORK BY , KEYBOARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY
- Don LettsBAND , EFFECTS , VOCALS EFFECTS , VOCALS EFFECTS, VOCALS
- Greg RobertsBAND , DRUMS, VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS, VOCALS
- Leo WilliamsBAND , BASS, VOCALS BASS BASS, VOCALS
- Mick JonesBAND , VOCALS , GUITAR GUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS
22 collectors on Gatefold own this · 76 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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