features in: Album Chart of 1981 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s |
Their third LP arrived in September, 1981, buoyed by the success of their summertime #3 smash hit “Can Can”, which featured the big guy in his Doc Martens and a French frock high kicking and handstanding with the best of 'em. Having somehow managed to avoid collapsing with a heart-attack, September's “Walking In The Sunshine” (#10) kept the chart-momentum going and restored a bit of lost musical cred. The housing album was released shortly afterwards and proved to be the most popular of their career, peaking at #18 in the December charts. Finishing off their year of hits, “Don’t Be Angry” (Nappy Brown, 1955) was included on “The R'n'B Party Four” EP in November, reaching #34. Pleasingly, 10 of the 12 are originals this time around, “Only Funkin’” and “Runaway” being the best of these. Overall though, there's more filler here than on the preceding “Loonee Tunes”, so it's a relative disappointment for me.
The Jukebox Rebel
30–Nov–2006
Tracklist |
A1 | [03:29] Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Reggae |
A2 | [03:19] Bad Manners - Dansetta (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
A3 | [02:49] Bad Manners - Can Can (Jacques Offenbach) Ska / Rocksteady |
A4 | [03:42] Bad Manners - Weeping And Wailing (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
A5 | [04:53] Bad Manners - Casablanca (Rags And Riches) (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Reggae |
A6 | [02:33] Bad Manners - Don’t Be Angry (Napoleon Brown) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
B1 | [03:50] Bad Manners - Ben E. Wriggle (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) New Wave |
B2 | [03:11] Bad Manners - Runaway (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
B3 | [03:06] Bad Manners - Never Will Change (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
B4 | [03:37] Bad Manners - Only Funkin’ (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
B5 | [03:00] Bad Manners - End Of The World (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Ska / Rocksteady |
B6 | [04:40] Bad Manners - Gherkin (Doug Trendle, Alan Sayagg, Louis Cook, Andrew Marson, Gus Herman, Chris Kane, David Farren, Brian Tuitt, Martin Stewart) Prog |