Scared to Dance

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Scared to Dance

Studio album by The Skids
Released	1979
Recorded	1978
Genre	Punk rock
Length	??:??
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	David Batchelor
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The Skids chronology
	Scared to Dance (1979)	Days in Europa (1979)

Scared to Dance was the debut album by the Scottish punk band The Skids and reached number 19 in the UK album chart in March 1979. The album was produced by David Batchelor and engineered by Mick Glossop. Scared to Dance was the first album to feature Stuart Adamson's 'bagpipe guitar', which would be the trademark of his later band, Big Country. This combined with Richard Jobson's highly distinctive singing style set it apart from many of the other punk albums of the period.

[edit] Singles

The biggest hit from the album was Into the Valley, which became The Skids' best known song, and was adopted and sung by fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C., the band's local football team, as well as Charlton F.C. in England whose ground is known as "The Valley".

The song The Saints are Coming, a minor hit at the time, would later be rerecorded as a charity single by Green Day and U2.

As with the next album, Days in Europa (1981), war was a frequent theme. There are also a great deal of references in the lyrics to the band's home area, although Richard Jobson's diction is notoriously hard to follow.