Stray Cats (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Stray Cats
Type = Album
Artist = Stray Cats


Released = 1981
Recorded = 1980/1981
Genre = Rockabilly
Length = 37:11
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Dave Edmunds
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfyxqlhldse link]
Last album =
This album = "Stray Cats"
(1981)
Next album = "Gonna Ball"
(1981)

"Stray Cats" is the first album from the rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was released in England and was very successful, with hits such as "Runaway Boys," "Stray Cat Strut," and "Rock This Town."

"Storm the Embassy" is about the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 and is one of the only times the Stray Cats recorded a political song.

This album has never been released in the United States. Some of the tracks from it, including the hits "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town", appeared on subsequent U.S.-released compilation albums such as "Built for Speed".

Track listing

#"Runaway Boys" ~ - 3:03
#"Fishnet Stockings" ^ - 2:25
#"Ubangi Stomp" ^ - 3:14
#"Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie" ~ - 2:21
#"Storm The Embassy" ^ - 4:08
#"Rock This Town" ~ - 3:28
#"Rumble in Brighton" ^ - 3:16
#"Stray Cat Strut" ~ - 3:16
#"Crawl Up And Die" * - 3:13
#"Double Talkin' Baby" ~ - 3:05
#"My One Desire" ~ - 2:57
#"Wild Saxophone" ^ - 3:01

~ produced by Dave Edmunds and ^ produced by Brian Setzer & Stray Cats

Charts

Album - UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)

Singles

In other media

The song "Rock This Town" is featured in the multiplatform game "Guitar Hero II", the Nintendo GameCube game "Donkey Konga", the Nintendo DS game "Elite Beat Agents", and the PS2 version of the Disney Pixar game "Cars". "Stray Cat Strut" is featured in the Nintendo DS game "".

"Ubangi Stomp" was featured in the 1998 South Korean film "The Quiet Family".