This Is Big Audio Dynamite

This is Big Audio Dynamite
Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite
Released	October 1985
Genre	Post-punk
Length	43:09
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Mick Jones
Professional reviews
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Big Audio Dynamite chronology
This is Big Audio Dynamite (1985) No. 10 Upping St. (1986)

This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Medicine Show" – 6:29
2. "Sony" – 4:30
3. "E=MC²" – 5:54
4. "The Bottom Line" – 4:35
5. "A Party" – 6:40
6. "Sudden Impact!" – 5:03
7. "Stone Thames" – 4:05
8. "Bad" – 5:54

All Songs written by Jones/Letts except The Bottom Line written by Mick Jones.

[edit] Personnel

• Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
• Don Letts - sound effects, vocals
• Dan Donovan - keyboards
• Leo Williams - bass guitar
• Greg Roberts - drums

[edit] Samples used on the album

Medicine Show

• Many samples from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone
• One sample The Treasure of the Sierra Madre directed by John Huston
• "I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
• A short sample from A Fistful of Dynamite directed by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution)

Sony

• Joe Strummer crowing from The Clash song "London Calling"

E=MC²

• Several samples from the cult film Performance directed by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg

[edit] External links

• Youtube - "Medicine Show" music video
• Youtube - "The Bottom Line" music video