Rock'n Roll Duds

Rock'n Roll Duds
Rock'n Roll Duds
Compilation album by The Cruel Sea
Released	November 1995
Genre	Indie rock
Length	56:23
Label	Red Eye, Polydor
The Cruel Sea chronology

Rock'n Roll Duds (subtitled The Best of the B Sides) is the first compilation album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in November 1995 and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception[]

The Canberra Times said, "If there was ever any doubt that The Cruel Sea is not just very cool, but also very "musically sound", then this collection of B-sides will erase it. The album is loosely-formatted, and a bit tongue-in-cheek. What it lacks by way of polished production it makes up for with bump and-grind blues and camp fire music."^[2]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cool It Down"	Lou Reed	3:47
2.	"Down the Stairs Backwards"	The Cruel Sea	2:47
3.	"Delivery Man" (demo)	Perkins, Rumour, Cruickshank	5:23
4.	"Blue Dog"	Cruickshank	4:08
5.	"Moby Dick"	John Bonham, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones	4:10
6.	"High Sheriff of Calhoun Parish"	Tony Joe White	4:39
7.	"Victoria's Lament"	Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour	1:13
8.	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Freddie Mercury	3:07
9.	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Fred Neil	3:38
10.	"Cabbage Tree Creek"	Perkins, Rumour, Gormly, Elliott	1:57
11.	"Momma Killed the Chicken"	John Lee Hooker	2:31
12.	"Looks Like It's Gonna Rain"	The Cruel Sea	2:07
13.	"Manic Depression"	Jimi Hendrix	2:42
14.	"Copper's Waltz"	Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour	2:08
15.	"See Ya Later"	Perkins, Rumour	3:47
16.	"Delilah"	Lyrics: Traditional, Music: Perkins	8:23

Charts[]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	40

Release history[]

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	November 1995	CD	Red Eye Records, Polydor Records	REDCD 54, 5295002

References[]

^ "Rock'n Roll Duds". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Liz Armitage. "Kelly weather another storm". Canberra Times.
^ "Australiancharts.com – The Cruel Sea – ROCK & ROLL DUDS". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[1] "Rock'n Roll Duds". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[2] Liz Armitage. "Kelly weather another storm". Canberra Times.

[ARIA_Chart-3] "Australiancharts.com – The Cruel Sea – ROCK & ROLL DUDS". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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hide v t The Cruel Sea
Studio albums	Down Below This Is Not the Way Home The Honeymoon Is Over Three Legged Dog Over Easy Where There's Smoke
Compilation albums	Rock'n Roll Duds The Most (The Best of The Cruel Sea)
Extended plays	Down Below
Singles	"Black Stick" "The Honeymoon Is Over" "Better Get a Lawyer" "Just a Man"
Related articles	Discography Red Eye Records Polydor Records