Stray Cats (album)
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| Studio album by Stray Cats | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1980/1981 | ||||
| Genre | Rockabilly | ||||
| Length | 37:11 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | ||||
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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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Charts
Album - UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | UK Albums | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| November 1980 | "Runaway Boys" | UK Top 40 | 9 |
| February 1981 | "Rock This Town" | UK Top 40 | 9 |
| April 1981 | "Stray Cat Strut" | UK Top 40 | 11 |
[edit] 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.
"Ubangi Stomp" was featured in the 1998 South Korean film The Quiet Family.
