This article is about the Stan Ridgway album. For the Leslie Cheung album, see Big Heat (album).
The Big Heat is the debut solo album by American musician Stan Ridgway (former Wall of Voodoo vocalist), released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records. Named after the 1953film noirof the same name, the original release consisted of nine songs, including the No. 4 UK hit "Camouflage".[4] In 1986, the album reached No. 131 on the Billboard 200. The album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks and again re-released in 2007.
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This article is about the Stan Ridgway album For the Leslie Cheung album see Big Heat album The Big Heat is the debut solo album by American musician Stan Ridgway former Wall of Voodoo vocalist released in 1986 by I R S Records Named after the 1953 film noir of the same name the original release consisted of nine songs including the No 4 UK hit Camouflage 4 In 1986 the album reached No 131 on the Billboard 200 The album was re released in 1993 with six additional tracks and again re released in 2007 The Big HeatStudio album by Stan RidgwayReleased1986StudioFiddler s Studio J C Studios and The Lighthouse Hollywood CAGenreNew wave alternative rock avant pop 1 Length42 15LabelI R S ProducerJoe Chiccarelli Mitchell Froom Hugh Jones Bill Noland Stan Ridgway Louis van den BergStan Ridgway chronologyThe Big Heat 1986 Mosquitos 1989 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 The Village VoiceB 3 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Accolades 3 Chart positions 4 Personnel 5 Release history 6 References 7 External linksTrack listing editAll tracks are written by Stan Ridgway except where otherwise indicatedSide oneNo TitleLength1 The Big Heat 4 262 Pick It Up And Put It in Your Pocket 4 323 Can t Stop the Show 3 454 Pile Driver 4 445 Walkin Home Alone 4 31 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Drive She Said 4 112 Salesman 5 233 Twisted 3 374 Camouflage 7 05 CD edition bonus trackNo TitleLength10 Rio Greyhound 3 12 1993 remastered CD track listingNo TitleWriter s Length11 Stormy Side of Town 5 0212 Foggy River Fred Rose4 3213 End of the Line 5 5114 Nadine Chuck Berry3 2615 Can t Stop the Show live 3 5316 Drive She Said live 4 39 Before the album s release the track Pick It Up And Put It in Your Pocket was used in a 1985 episode of Miami Vice Accolades editYear Publication Country Accolade Rank1986 Best France Albums of the Year 3 5 1986 Q United Kingdom Albums of the Year 6 1986 Sounds United Kingdom Albums of the Year 7 1990 Mucchio Selvaggio Italy The Best Albums of the 80s 8 1990 Velvet Italy The 100 Best Albums of the 80s 9 1991 Rock amp Folk France The 250 Best Albums from 1966 1991 3 citation needed 1999 Panorama Norway The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970 98 19 citation needed 2002 Mucchio Selvaggio Italy 100 Best Albums by Decade 1 20 citation needed denotes an unordered list Chart positions editAlbumChart 1986 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 10 61Germany Media Control Charts 11 38Netherlands MegaCharts 12 62Norway VG lista 13 11Switzerland Swiss Hitparade 14 27US Top Pop Albums Billboard 15 131 SinglesYear Title Peak Chart positionsAUS 16 AUT 17 BE 18 GER 19 IRE 20 NLD 21 SWI 22 UK 23 UK Indie 24 1985 The Big Heat 13 Drive She Said 60 1986 Camouflage 76 17 7 8 2 11 11 4 The Big Heat Remix 91 denotes singles that were released but did not chart Personnel editAdapted from The Big Heat liner notes 25 Stan Ridgway lead vocals guitar A3 A5 B1 B2 B4 keyboards A1 A4 B2 B4 harmonica A1 B1 banjo A2 bass guitar B3 production A3 A5 engineering A3 A5 MusiciansK K Barrett drums B1 Chris Becerra drums B4 Joe Berardi drums A5 Hugo Burnham percussion A2 Luis Cabaza bass guitar B2 Mr Christopher violin A1 cello A1 Mark Cohen banjo A4 mandolin A4 John Dentino keyboards A1 Bruce Fowler trombone A5 Richard Gibbs instruments B2 Richard Greene violin A2 Mark Lewis backing vocals B4 Mark Morris backing vocals B4 Bill Noland keyboards A1 B1 B2 piano A2 production B2 Musicians cont Joe Ramirez backing vocals A4 drum programming A4 guitar B1 Tom Rechoin percussion A2 Steve Reid percussion B2 Mark Terlizzi bass guitar A3 Louis van den Berg keyboards A3 A5 B3 B4 producer A3 A5 engineering A3 A5 Mike Watt bass guitar A3 Pietra Wexstun backing vocals A3 Eric Williams guitar feedback Bruce Zelesnik drums A1 Production and additional personnelJoe Chiccarelli production B2 engineering B2 mixing B2 Mitchell Froom production A2 keyboards A2 Carl Grasso art direction Jim Hill engineering A2 Hugh Jones production A1 B1 engineering A1 B1 mixing A1 keyboards A1 Scott Lindgren photography cover art Andy Waterman mixing A2 A5 B1 Release history edit Region Date Label Format CatalogSpain 1986 Epic CD CS LP 40 2687United Kingdom I R S CD LP 1008United States CD LP 56371993 CD X2 0777 7 13125 26United Kingdom 2012 Water CD Water252References edit Grimstad Paul What is Avant Pop The Brooklyn Rail McDonald Steven The Big Heat Stan Ridgway AllMusic Retrieved December 7 2009 Christgau Robert July 1 1986 Christgau s Consumer Guide The Village Voice Retrieved December 7 2009 Stan Ridgway Camouflage OfficialCharts com Accessed September 2 2007 Best Albums of the Year Best Retrieved 2009 12 03 Q Albums of the Year Q Retrieved 2009 12 03 Sounds Albums of the Year Rocklist net Retrieved 2009 12 03 Mucchio Selvaggio The Best Albums of the 80s Mucchio Selvaggio Retrieved 2009 12 03 Velvet The 100 Best Albums of the 80s Velvet Retrieved 2009 12 03 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 252 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Stan Ridgway The Big Heat offiziellecharts de Retrieved August 9 2016 Stan Ridgway The Big Heat dutchcharts nl Retrieved June 29 2015 Stan Ridgeway The Big Heat NorwegianCharts com Retrieved 2009 12 02 Stan Ridgeway The Big Heat HitParade ch Retrieved 2009 12 02 Billboard com Artist Chart History Stan Ridgway Nielsen Company Billboard Retrieved 2008 06 03 Stan Ridgway australian charts com Archived from the original on September 21 2016 Retrieved August 8 2016 Stan Ridgway austriancharts at Retrieved August 8 2016 Stan Ridgway ultratop be Retrieved August 8 2016 Stan Ridgway offiziellecharts de Retrieved August 9 2016 Stan Ridgway Discography irishcharts ie Retrieved 2009 12 02 Stan Ridgway dutchcharts nl Retrieved August 8 2016 Stan Ridgway hitParade ch Retrieved August 8 2016 Stan Ridgway Discography officialcharts com Retrieved August 8 2016 Lazell Barry 1997 Indie Hits 1980 1989 Cherry Red Books Archived from the original on June 5 2011 Retrieved June 29 2015 a href 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