The Big Heat (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Big Heat
Type = Studio
Artist = Stan Ridgway


Released = 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = IRS
Producer = Stan Ridgway, Bill Noland, Joe Chiccarelli, Louis VandenBerg, Mitchell Froom, Hugh Jones [ [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,153996,00.html The Big Heat] Artist Direct. Accessed September 2 2007.]
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9frxqt5ldae link]
*Rolling Stone [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/208444/review/5940825?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Stan+Ridgway link]
*Piero Scaruffi rating-10|8 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/ridgeway.html link] (Spanish)
Last album =
This album = "The Big Heat"
Next album = "Mosquitos" (1989)

"The Big Heat" is the 1986 debut solo album by former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway. Originally released as a nine-song album, including the #5 UK hit "Camouflage", [ [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=13513 Stan Ridgway: Camouflage] Chartstats.com Accessed September 2 2007.] the album was re-released in 2004 with six additional tracks. In 1986, the album reached #131 on The Billboard 200.

Track listing

Except where otherwise indicated, all songs composed by Stan Ridgway

#"The Big Heat"
#"Pick It Up (And Put It in Your Pocket)"
#"Can't Stop the Show"
#"Pile Driver"
#"Walkin' Home Alone"
#"Drive She Said"
#"Salesman"
#"Twisted"
#"Camouflage"

2004 bonus tracks

#

"Rio Greyhound" (instrumental)
#"Stormy Side of Town"
#"Foggy River"
#"End of the Line"
#"Nadine" (Chuck Berry)
#"Can't Stop the Show (live)"
#"Drive She Said (live)"

Personnel

Performance

*K. K. Barrett – drums
*Chris Becerra – drums
*Joe Berardi – drums
*Hugo Burnham – percussion
*Louis Cabasa – bass guitar
*Mark Cohen – banjo, mandolin
*John Dentino – keyboards
*Bruce Fowler – trombone
*Mitchell Froom – keyboards
*Richard Gibbs – synthesizer, Emulator
*Richard Greene – violin
*Bernard Hall – keyboards
*Roger Kleier – guitar
*Cliff Martinez – bass
*Mr. Christopher – violin, cello
*Bill Noland – piano, keyboards,
*Joe Ramirez – guitar, programming, vocals, drum programming
*Tom Recchion – percussion
*Steve Reid – percussion
*Stan Ridgway – banjo, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
*David Sutton – bass
*Mark Terlizzi – bass
*Louis VandenBerg – keyboards
*Mike Watt – bass
*Pietra Wexstun – vocals
*Eric Williams – guitar
*Bruce Zelesnik – drums

Production

*Joe Chiccarelli – producer, engineer, mixing
*Mitchell Froom – producer
*Carl Grasso – art direction
*Jim Hill – engineer
*Hugh Jones – producer, engineer, mixing
*Mark Lewis – assistant engineer
*Scott Lindgren – photography, cover art concept
*Stan Ridgway – producer, engineer
*Louis VandenBerg – producer, engineer
*Andy Waterman – mixing
*Simon Watson – engineer

References