Too Much Pressure (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Too Much Pressure
Type = Album
Artist = The Selecter


Released = 23 February, 1980
Recorded = Horizon Studios, Coventry
Genre = Ska
Length =
Label = 2 Tone
Chrysalis
Producer = Errol Ross/ The Selecter
Reviews =
*Allmusic.com - 4/5 - [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:80d1vwbla9tk link]
*Review-Christgau|A-|album=3853| Last album =
This album = "Too Much Pressure"
(1980)
Next album = "Celebrate the Bullet"
(1981)

"Too Much Pressure" was the first album by British ska band The Selecter. It was released in 1980 on 2 Tone records. The album charted at # 5 in the UK.

LP track listing

ide one

# "Three Minute Hero" (N. Davies) - 3.00
# "Everyday" (Petty/Hardin) - 3.10
# "They Make Me Mad" (P. Black/L. Brown) - 2.47
# "Missing Words" (N. Davies) - 3.22
# "Danger" (Selecter) - 2.38
# "Street Feeling" (N. Davies) - 3.11
# "My Collie (Not A Dog)" (R. Spencer/J. Roberts) - 2.45

ide two

# "Too Much Pressure" (N. Davies) - 3.48
# "Murder" (Leon & Owen) - 2.39
# "Out On The Streets" (N. Davies) - 3.28
# "Carry Go Bring Come" (J. Hinds) - 3.02
# "Black and Blue" (P. Black) - 3.17
# "James Bond" (M. Norman) - 2.16

Covers

Five of the tracks on this album are cover versions. "Everyday" is a Buddy Holly hit that had also been covered by The Pioneers. "My Collie (Not A Dog)" is a version of Millie's "My Boy Lollipop" rewritten to be about cannabis. "Murder" was originally recorded by Owen Gray and "Carry Go Bring Come" by Justin Hinds. "James Bond" is a recording of the classic James Bond theme by Monty Norman.

Design

The album cover design is by the artist David Storey.