Earthquake Weather (album)

Earthquake Weather
Studio album by Joe Strummer
Released September 20, 1989
Genre Rock
Length 45:24
Label Epic
Producer Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer chronology
Walker
(1987)		 Earthquake Weather
(1989)		 Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (1999)
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Allmusic [1]

Earthquake Weather is a 1989 record by former The Clash frontman Joe Strummer. The album sold few copies, despite being received well by critics. The majority of the album was recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1988 and 1989. It was the first time Strummer had worked on his own musical project. In previous years he had worked with Alex Cox on the soundtracks of his films Sid and Nancy and Walker in 1986 and 1987. He also worked on the production of his former Clash partner's, Mick Jones second album with the band Big Audio Dynamite in 1986.

It was the reception and sales of the music score from the film Walker that got Strummer into a well mental state to start working on his own material again. He got a group together which consisted of Zander Schloss, Lonnie Marshall, Jack Irons and Willie MacNeil. The backing band became known as The Latino Rockabilly War. The first project the band worked on was for the film Permanent Record with Keanu Reeves which featured the songs "Trash City", "Baby the Trans", "Nothin' 'bout Nothin", "Nefertiti Rock", and the haunting instrumental "Theme from Permanent Record".[2] The cover-art for the album was designed by Josh Shoes.[3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Strummer, except where indicated. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Gangsterville"     4:20
2. "King of the Bayou"     2:51
3. "Island Hopping"     2:36
4. "Slant Six"     3:04
5. "Dizzy's Goatee"     3:24
6. "Shouting Street"     3:19
7. "Boogie with Your Children"   Strummer, Lonnie Marshall, Zander Schloss 3:30
8. "Leopardskin Limousines"     3:31
9. "Sikorsky Parts"     3:35
10. "Jewellers and Bums"     2:48
11. "Highway One Zero Street"     3:25
12. "Ride Your Donkey"   C. Campbell & The Tenors 2:21
13. "Passport to Detroit"     2:50
14. "Sleepwalk"     4:06
Total length:
 45:24

Personnel

Bibliography

  • Salewicz, Chris (24 May 2007). Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer (1st American ed.). New York: Faber and Faber. ISBN 057121178X. OCLC 76794852. 

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Salewicz (2007). p. 424.
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  3. ^ Hasagawa, Mariah. "Joe Strummer: Putting a Scare Into The Hearts of All Things Corporate". Post-Global 2002 CRCRadio.net. http://www.crcradio.net/issue10/Joestrummer.html. Retrieved 22 December 2010.