Waking Up (Topper Headon album)
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Waking Up | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1986 |
Recorded | July–August 1986 |
Studio | Wessex Studios, London |
Genre | Soul, jazz, R&B |
Length | 38:24 |
Label | Mercury |
Producer | Jeremy Green, Topper Headon |
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Source | Rating |
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Waking Up is a solo album by Topper Headon best known as the drummer of The Clash. The album was released by Mercury in 1986 with a cover photograph taken by Tim White. "Leave It to Luck" was released as a single and as part of an EP.[2] The album was dedicated to the memory of Pete Farndon.
Track listing[]
All tracks composed and arranged by Topper Headon, except where indicated.
- "Leave It to Luck"
- "I'll Give You Everything"
- "Hope for Donna"
- "Got to Keep on Going"
- "Dancing"
- "Pleasure and Pain"
- "When You're Down"
- "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson)
- "Just Another Hit"
- "Monkey on My Back"
Personnel[]
- Topper Headon - drums, percussion
- Martin Dobson - saxophone
- Mick Gallagher - keyboards
- Mark Graham - trombone
- Tom Harris - saxophone
- Jimmy Helms - vocals
- Jerome Rimson - bass, vocals
- Bob Tench - guitar, vocals
- Geoffrey Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn
Notes[]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ This EP included "East Versus West", "Got to Get Out of This Heat" and "Ducaine Road"
Categories:
- 1986 debut albums
- Mercury Records albums