Big Audio Dynamite – This Is Big Audio Dynamite
Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
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Style: | Leftfield, Electro, Synth-pop |
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Tracklist
Medicine Show | 6:30 | ||
Sony | 4:30 | ||
E=MC² | 5:56 | ||
The Bottom Line | 4:35 | ||
A Party | 6:35 | ||
Sudden Impact! | 5:00 | ||
Stone Thames | 4:00 | ||
BAD | 6:25 |
Credits (13)
- Leo 'E-Zee Kill' Williams*Band [Big Audio Dynamite:], Bass, Vocals [Voc.]
- Greg RobertsBand [Big Audio Dynamite:], Drums, Vocals [Voc.]
- Don LettsBand [Big Audio Dynamite:], Effects [F.X.], Vocals [Voc.]
- Dan DonovanBand [Big Audio Dynamite:], Keyboards, Photography By [Photo's]
- Flea*Band [Big Audio Dynamite:], Technician [Dynamite]
- Mick JonesBand [Big Audio Dynamite:], Vocals [Voc.], Guitar [Gtr.]
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![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Pitman Pressing | Columbia – BFC 40220, Columbia – FC 40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album | CBS – 462999 4 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – 26714, CBS – CBS 26714 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album | CBS – 40-26714 | Netherlands | 1985 | Netherlands — 1985 | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – CBS 26714, CBS – 26714, CBS – BFC 40220 | Europe | 1985 | Europe — 1985 | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | Columbia – FC 40220 | Canada | 1985 | Canada — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – SBP8111 | New Zealand | 1985 | New Zealand — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | Discos CBS – 138653, Discos CBS – 138.653 | Brazil | 1985 | Brazil — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – CBS 460696 1 | Netherlands | 1985 | Netherlands — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing | Columbia – BFC 40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album | CBS – CT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – SBP 8111 | Australia | 1985 | Australia — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite CD, Album | Columbia – CK-40220 | Canada | 1985 | Canada — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite CD, Album | CBS – CDCBS 26714 | Europe | 1985 | Europe — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – CBS 26714, CBS – 26714 | Greece | 1985 | Greece — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Stereo, No Barcode | CBS – CBS 26714, CBS – 26714 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Dolby | CBS – 40-26714 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS/Sony – 28AP 3142 | Japan | 1985 | Japan — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album | CBS – QCL-S-22228 | Philippines | 1985 | Philippines — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite CD, Album | Columbia – CK 40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Textile Pattern, Dolby B | CBS – BCT 40220, CBS – BCT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Stereo, Dolby B | CBS – FCT 40220, CBS – BCT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP | CBS – CDCBS 26714 | Argentina | 1985 | Argentina — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Stereo | CBS – QCL-22228 | Philippines | 1985 | Philippines — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Dolby | CBS – PC 8111 | Australia | 1985 | Australia — 1985 | New Submission | |||
This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Promo | CBS – CDCBS 26714 | Argentina | 1985 | Argentina — 1985 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album | Columbia – 60.754 | Argentina | 1985 | Argentina — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite CD, Album | CBS – CDCBS 26714, CBS – 01-026714-10 | UK & Europe | 1985 | UK & Europe — 1985 | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Promo | CBS/Sony – 28AP 3142 | Japan | 1985 | Japan — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, Promo, Sampler | CBS – SBP 8111 | Australia | 1985 | Australia — 1985 | New Submission | |||
This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album, White Label | CBS – CBS 26714, CBS – 26714 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Stereo | CBS – 16653 | Brazil | 1985 | Brazil — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Gravel Pattern, Dolby B | CBS – BCT 40220, CBS – BCT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Dolby, CrO2 | Columbia – FCT 40220 | Canada | 1985 | Canada — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Stereo, Dolby B | CBS – FCT 40220, CBS – CT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Dolby, CrO2 | Columbia – FCT 40220 | Canada | 1985 | Canada — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Dolby | CBS – 40-26714 | UK | 1985 | UK — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Advance, Promo | CBS – 40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite Cassette, Album, Stereo, Clear, Dolby B | CBS – FCT 40220, CBS – CT40220 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | This Is Big Audio Dynamite LP, Album | CBS – CBS 26714 1, Columbia – CBS 26714 1 | Israel | 1985 | Israel — 1985 | New Submission |
Recommendations
Reviews
- This Legacy edition should have included the original UK 12" extended mix of The Bottom Line (8:40), which I find superior to the U.S. 12" remix by Rick Rubin (featured on this edition) - I don't believe the UK 12" mix has ever been issued on CD in all its glory.
- Edited 2 years agoMine came factory sealed with No 10 Uppington St. inside instead of This Is.
I bought it in 85.
Has anyone else ran into this? - In my collection two albums of Big Audio Dynamite... Clash ended in a dramatic way, so this band gave Strummer & Jones some relief
- Agree with the previous review. This album sounds very, very close to the original with a slightly larger soundstage. The original sounds a tad less spacious because it is more focused and defined. But this reissue is pretty damn good too.
- Edited 6 years agoBravo. If this record means anything to you, buy this vinyl remaster immediately. What an album. I still maintain that this is Mick Jones doing his best work. An innovative and melodic fusion of adventurous musical styles from 1985. Fun but alarming social and political satire. Perfect vinyl cut. Fantastic packaging. So well done.
- I think this was the best Big Audio Dynamite album to be released. I really love the Speghetti Western samples from "A Fist Full Of Dollars", " The Good, The Bad, And The a Ugly", and "The Treasures Of The Sierra Madre". I like "The Globe" , it's a good album, but this is in my opinion their best offering as a collective group of band members.
I can't figure out why the Japanese pressing of the 1985 Album on Vinyl isn't listed here and also why it's so hard to find. It's out there, I have seen a copy and I've ordered one elsewhere that was out of stock. The release is on CBS - JAPAN - catalog #20080101. I've been chasing this one for about 10 years now. - 2-1 Medicine Show (12-inch Remix) is an edit of the UK 12" version done by Paul "Groucho" Smykle. It appears on the US 12" as B-1. Rick Rubin remixed the A-side on the US 12".
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