Washington, D.C.'s Slickee Boys' third "proper" album (not including compilations or live releases), Uh Oh… No Breaks! was released on LP and cassette in March 1985 by Twin/Tone (a Minneapolis label best known for having released The Replacements' early records) with the catalog number TTR 8544. Almost half of the album is re-recorded versions of songs they had previously released. There are cover version of songs originally by the French band the Dogs, 1960s garage band the Squires, Perry Como (by way of the Downliners Sect), and D.C. all-star punkers the Afrika Korps (a band which included a few Slickee Boys).
Uh Oh… No Breaks! | ||||
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Released | March 19, 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 37:45 | |||
Label | Twin/Tone | |||
Producer | The Slickee Boys | |||
The Slickee Boys chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Trouser Press | (Favorable)[1] |
Track listing
edit- "Dream Lovers" – 3:48 (John Chumbris, Dan Palenski, Mark Noone)
- "Death Lane" – 1:58 (Dominique Laboubée)
- Originally recorded by the Dogs, 1982
- "Teenage Romance" – 3:05 (Marshall Keith, Martha Hull, Palenski)
- "Disconnected" – 2:46 (Noone, J. Charney)
- "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 3:58 (Noone)
- "The Brain That Refused to Die" – 3:21 (The Slickee Boys)
- "Bad Dream" – 2:50 (Noone)
- "Can't Believe" – 3:43 (Keith, Noone)
- "Going All the Way" – 2:06 (Mike Bouyea)
- Originally recorded by the Squires, 1966
- "Glendora" – 2:01 (Ray Stanley)
- Originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956, also recorded by the Downliners Sect, 1966
- "Danger Drive" – 2:24 (Noone)
- "Jailbait Janet" – 2:13 (Kenne Highland, Noone)
- Originally recorded by the Afrika Korps, 1977
- "When We Were Kids" – 3:32 (Noone)
Personnel
editThe band
edit- Kim Kane – Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Marshall Keith – Lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Dan Palenski – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Mark Noone – Lead vocals, guitar
- John Chumbris – Bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar
Production
edit- Recorded by Paul Stark
- Steve Fjelstad – Re-mixes of "Death Lane" and "Teenage Romance"
- Howie Weinberg — Mastering (at Masterdisk)
Additional credits
edit- Recorded at Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Kim Kane — Cover art
- Dan Palenski – Graphics
- Sona Blakeslee — Typesetting
- Dan Corrigan – Photo
- Ruth Logsdon — Hand tinting
- John Hansen – Loyal crew
- Rob Lingenfelder – Loyal crew
- Dedicated to the memory of Roger Anderson
Sales
edit8,340 vinyl albums and 797 cassettes.[2]
Alternate releases
editReleased on LP, May 1985, by the French record label New Rose (catalog number ROSE 57).
Sources
edit- LP liner notes
- Trouser Press
- New Rose discography