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This is Big Audio Dynamite
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Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite
Released 1985
Genre Post-punk
Length 43:09
Label Columbia Records
Producer Mick Jones
Professional reviews
Big Audio Dynamite chronology
This is Big Audio Dynamite
(1985)		No. 10 Upping St.
(1986)


This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.

Track listing

  1. "Medicine Show" – 6:29
  2. "Sony" – 4:30
  3. "E=MC²" – 5:54
  4. "The Bottom Line" – 4:35
  5. "A Party" – 6:40
  6. "Sudden Impact!" – 5:03
  7. "Stone Thames" – 4:05
  8. "Bad" – 5:54


All Songs written by Jones/Letts except The Bottom Line written by Mick Jones.

Personnel

Samples used on the album

Medicine Show Sony E=MC²

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Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) was a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones.
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Mick Jones (born Michael Geoffrey Jones, 26 June 1955, Brixton, South London, England) was the lead guitarist and a vocalist of the legendary British band, The Clash, before being fired in 1983.
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Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) was a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones.
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No. 10 Upping St.
(1986) Tighten Up, Vol. 88
(1988)

No. 10, Upping St. is the second album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones. It was released in 1986.
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Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) was a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones.
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The Clash were an English punk rock band, active from 1976 to 1986, and part of the original wave of UK punk rock in the late 1970s. Although a punk rock band, the band experimented with reggae, funk, New Wave, dub, and rockabilly in their music[1][2].
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Mick Jones (born Michael Geoffrey Jones, 26 June 1955, Brixton, South London, England) was the lead guitarist and a vocalist of the legendary British band, The Clash, before being fired in 1983.
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"E=MC²" is a song written by Mick Jones, the guitarist and singer of The Clash and performed by his post-Clash band Big Audio Dynamite. It was included as the third track on their 1986 debut album This Is Big Audio Dynamite.
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Mick Jones (born Michael Geoffrey Jones, 26 June 1955, Brixton, South London, England) was the lead guitarist and a vocalist of the legendary British band, The Clash, before being fired in 1983.
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Don Letts (born January 10, 1956 in London, England) is a film director and musician. Starting out as a sales clerk at the trendy London clothing store Acme Attractions (which was comparable to King Road's shop SEX/Seditionaries), he later moved onto DJing and film making.
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Leo Williams (born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica), also known as E-zee-kill, is a English-Jamaican bass guitarist.

In 1984 he co-founded Big Audio Dynamite, a band led by Mick Jones, known from The Clash. The original BAD line-up broke up in 1989.
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Story:
Sergio Leone
Luciano Vincenzoni
Screenplay:
Age & Scarpelli
Starring Clint Eastwood
Eli Wallach
Lee Van Cleef
Mario Brega
Al Mulock
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli
Editing by Original:
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Sergio Leone

Born January 3 1929(1929--)
Rome, Italy
Died March 30 1989 (aged 60)

Years active 1959 - 1984

Awards
Academy Awards


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Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Author B. Traven
Original title Der Schatz der Sierra Madre
Country Germany
Language German
Genre(s) Adventure novel
Publisher
Publication date 1927
Published in English 1935
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Born July 5 1906(1906--)
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A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution).
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A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution).
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A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution).
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John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues.
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The Clash were an English punk rock band, active from 1976 to 1986, and part of the original wave of UK punk rock in the late 1970s. Although a punk rock band, the band experimented with reggae, funk, New Wave, dub, and rockabilly in their music[1][2].
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B-side(s) "Armagideon Time"
Released December 7, 1979 (U.K.)
Format 7" single/12" single
Recorded 1979 at Wessex Studios
Genre Punk rock
Length 3:19
Label CBS 8087
Writer(s) Joe Strummer and Mick Jones

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