Gonna Ball

Gonna Ball
Studio album by Stray Cats
Released	November 1981
Genre	Rockabilly rock and roll rhythm and blues
Label	Arista
Producer	Stray Cats, Hein Hoven
Stray Cats chronology
Stray Cats (1981)Stray Cats1981 Gonna Ball (1981) Built for Speed (1982)Built for Speed1982

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Rock 82	(favorable)[1]

Gonna Ball is the second album from the American rockabilly band Stray Cats. It was released in the UK by Arista Records in November 1981.^[2][3] The album was produced by the band and Hein Hoven. It went platinum in the U.K.

Five of the album's tracks ("Baby Blue Eyes", "Little Miss Prissy", "You Don't Believe Me", "Rev It Up and Go" and "Lonely Summer Nights") were later included on the band's first American album, Built for Speed (1982).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Setzer; except where indicated

1. "Baby Blue Eyes" (Johnny Burnette, Paul Burlison)
2. "Little Miss Prissy"
3. "Wasn't That Good" (Wynonie Harris)
4. "Cryin' Shame"
5. "(She'll Stay Just) One More Day" (Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker)
6. "You Don't Believe Me" (Setzer, Lee Rocker)
7. "Gonna Ball"
8. "Wicked Whisky"
9. "Rev It Up and Go"
10. "Lonely Summer Nights"
11. "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid"

Personnel

Stray Cats

• Brian Setzer - guitar, vocals
• Lee Rocker - bass, vocals
• Slim Jim Phantom - drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• John Locke - keyboards
• Steve Poncar - saxophone
• Ian Stewart - keyboards
• Brian McDonald - harmonica
• Lee Allen - tenor saxophone
• Gavin Cochrane - photography

References