No. 10, Upping St.

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No. 10, Upping St.
No. 10, Upping St. cover
Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite
Released October 1986
Genre Synthpop
Length 59:18
Label CBS
Producer(s) Mick Jones & Joe Strummer
Professional reviews
Big Audio Dynamite chronology
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
(1985)
No. 10 Upping St.
(1986)
Tighten Up, Vol. 88
(1988)


No. 10, Upping St. is the second album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1986. It is most notable for being co-written and co-produced with Joe Strummer.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "C'mon Every Beatbox" – 5:20 (Jones/Letts)
  2. "Beyond the Pale" – 4:43 (Strummer/Jones)
  3. "Limbo the Law" – 4:44 (Strummer/Jones/Donovan)
  4. "Sambadrome" – 5:48 (Jones/Letts)
  5. "V. Thirteen" – 4:51 (Strummer/Jones)
  6. "Ticket" – 3:26 (Strummer/Jones/Letts/Roberts)
  7. "Hollywood Boulevard" – 4:34 (Jones/Letts)
  8. "Dial A Hitman" – 5:04 (Jones/Letts)
  9. "Sightsee M.C.!" – 4:55 (Strummer/Jones)
  10. "The Big V" - 4:49 (Strummer/Jones)
  11. "Badrock City" - 7:02 (Jones/Letts)

[edit] 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.
  • "The Big V" is an instrumental version of "V. Thirteen"
  • "Badrock City" is an instrumental version of "C'mon Every Beatbox"

[edit] Personnel