Mean Time

by The Barracudas

Mean Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1983
  • Label: Closer
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:54
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Moving further into sophisticated jangle pop, the London-based group traded their early surf-punk pastiches for a more mature, Byrds-influenced sound. 'Mean Time' is filled with shimmering guitars and strong melodic hooks, executing classic 1960s pop-rock forms with precision. It represents the band's creative peak as highly competent purveyors of the garage revival.

Genres

Descriptors: guitar-driven, distorted, fuzz, male-vocals, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Grammar Of Misery (3:16)
  2. Bad News (2:50)
  3. I Ain't No Miracle Worker (3:33)
  4. Be My Friend Again (3:35)
  5. Shades Of Today (2:52)
  6. Dead Skin (3:50)
  7. Middle Class Blues (3:19)
  8. You've Come A Long Way (3:11)
  9. Ballad Of A Liar (2:52)
  10. When I'm Gone (2:30)
  11. Eleventh Hour (2:58)
  12. Hear Me Calling (3:08)

Credits

  • Barracudas - primary artist
  • Jim Dickson - band [the barracudas are], bass, vocals
  • Terry Smith - band [the barracudas are], drums, percussion [percussions]
  • Chris Wilson - band [the barracudas are], guitar [guitars], vocals, written-by
  • Robin Wills - band [the barracudas are], guitar [guitars], vocals, written-by
  • Jeremy Gluck - band [the barracudas are], vocals, written-by
  • Annette Tucker - written-by
  • Nancy Mantz - written-by

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