| Too Much Pressure | ||||
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| Studio album by The Selecter | ||||
| Released | 23 February 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Horizon Studios, Coventry | |||
| Genre | Ska | |||
| Label | 2 Tone Chrysalis |
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| Producer | Errol Ross, The Selecter | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| Robert Christgau | A−[1] |
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Too Much Pressure was the first album by British ska band The Selecter. It was released in 1980 on 2 Tone records. The album charted at # 5 in the United Kingdom.
The title track "Too Much Pressure" was featured in the film The Abyss.
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All tracks composed by Neol Davies; except where indicated
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "On My Radio" as the first cut, change the name of "Everyday" to "Time Hard" and move "Three MInute Hero" to the last cut on Side One.)
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "They Make Me Mad" as the third cut on Side Two.)
Five tracks on this album are cover versions: "My Collie (Not A Dog)" is a version of Millie's "My Boy Lollipop" rewritten to be about cannabis; "Murder" was originally recorded by Leon and Owen; "Carry Go Bring Come" was a hit record for Justin Hinds; "Everyday (Time Hard)" was originally recorded by the Pioneers as "Time Hard"; "James Bond" is a recording of the classic James Bond theme by Monty Norman, first done in a ska style by Roland Alphonso.
The album cover design is by the artist David Storey.
The cover photo is of Steve Eaton.