The Big Heat
by Stan Ridgway
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 February 1986
- Label: I.R.S.
- Country: United States
- Length: 43:04
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The former Wall of Voodoo frontman鈥檚 solo debut is a highly eclectic, cinematic blend of icy synth-pop and spaghetti-western storytelling. Stan Ridgway's distinctive, narrative-driven vocal style weaves dark, mysterious tales of urban espionage and betrayal over complex, highly rhythmic electronic arrangements. 'The Big Heat' is a deeply nocturnal, idiosyncratic, and brilliantly constructed new wave classic.
Genres
Descriptors: electronic, synthesizers, melodic, infectious, vocal, storytelling, theatrical, witty, literate, satirical, narrative, rhythmic
Tracklist
- The Big Heat (4:33)
- Pick It Up (And Put It In Your Pocket) (4:29)
- Can't Stop The Show (3:43)
- Pile Driver (4:44)
- Walkin' Home Alone (4:52)
- Drive She Said (4:25)
- Salesman (5:28)
- Twisted (3:34)
- Camouflage (7:16)
Credits
- Stan Ridgway - primary artist, engineer, producer, vocals, harmonica, keyboards, banjo, guitar, bass, written-by
- Carl Grasso - art direction
- Frontier Booking International - booking
- Scott Lindgren - cover [concept], photography by
- Hugh Jones - engineer, mixed by, keyboards
- Jim Hill - engineer
- Joe Chiccarelli - engineer, mixed by, producer
- Louis Van Den Berg - engineer, producer, keyboards
- Mark Lewis - engineer [assistance], technician [studio], other [interesting facts], vocals [ghost platoon]
- Chris Lamson - management
- Los Angeles Personal Direction - management
- Miles Copeland - management
- Frank DeLuna - mastered by
- Marv Bornstein - mastered by
- Andy Waterman - mixed by
- Bill Noland - producer, keyboards, piano
- Mitchell Froom - producer, keyboards
- Mark Morris - technician [general assistance, construction, smoke signals], vocals [ghost platoon]
- Bruce Zelesnik - drums
- John Dentino - keyboards
- Mr. Christopher - violin, cello
- Hugo Burnham - percussion
- Richard Greene - violin
- Mark Terlizzi - bass
- Mike Watt - bass
- Joe Ramirez - guitar, drum programming, vocals [additional]
- Pietra Wexstun - vocals [additional]
- Joseph Berardi - drums
- Bruce Fowler - trombone
- K. K. Barrett - drums
- Tom Recchion - percussion
- Luis Cabaza - bass
- Eric Williams - guitar [feedback]
- Steve Reid - percussion
- Richard Gibbs - sampler [emulator]
- Mark Cohen - banjo, mandolin
- Chris Becerra - drums