No. 10, Upping St.

No. 10, Upping St.
No. 10, Upping St.
Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite
Released October 1986
Genre Alternative Dance
Length 59:18
Label CBS
Producer Mick Jones & Joe Strummer
Big Audio Dynamite chronology
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
(1985)		 No. 10 Upping St.
(1986)		 Tighten Up, Vol. 88
(1988)
Singles from No. 10, Upping St.
  1. "C'mon Every Beatbox" b/w "Badrock City"
  2. "V. Thirteen (Remix)" b/w "Hollywood Boulevard (Remix)"
  3. "Sightsee M.C.!" b/w "Another One Rides The Bus"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

No. 10, Upping St. (a pun on 10 Downing St., the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), is the second album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones. It was released in 1986 and was co-written and co-produced with Joe Strummer. The album is set to be released in reissued and extended form soon.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "C'mon Every Beatbox"   Jones/Letts 5:26
2. "Beyond the Pale"   Strummer/Jones 4:41
3. "Limbo the Law"   Strummer/Jones/Donovan 4:44
4. "Sambadrome"   Jones/Letts 4:48
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. "V. Thirteen"   Strummer/Jones 4:54
6. "Ticket"   Strummer/Jones/Letts/Roberts 3:28
7. "Hollywood Boulevard"   Jones/Letts 4:29
8. "Dial A Hitman"   Jones/Letts 5:04
9. "Sightsee M.C.!"   Strummer/Jones 4:55
Bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
10. "Ice Cool Killer" (bonus track on the UK and US CD) Strummer/Jones/Donovan 5:33
11. "The Big V" (bonus track on the UK and US CD) Strummer/Jones/Donovan 4:48
12. "Badrock City" (bonus track on the US CD) Jones/Letts 7:00

Notes

  • "Dial A Hitman" contains a spoken-word outro featuring Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne
  • "C'mon Every Beatbox" was remixed and released in the USA as "Badrock City"
  • "C'mon Every Beatbox", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C!" were all released as singles in the UK
  • "Sambadrome" contains some samples from Brazilian legendary soccer commentator Osmar Santos
  • "Ice Cool Killer" is an instrumental version of "Limbo The Law"
  • "The Big V" is an instrumental version of "V. Thirteen"
  • "Badrock City" is an instrumental version of "C'mon Every Beatbox"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Ruhlmann, William. Review: No. 10, Upping St.. Allmusic. Retrieved on 9 April 2010.

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