Waking Up (Topper Headon album)
| Waking Up | |
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Studio album by Topper Headon | |
| Released | 1986 (1986) |
| Recorded | July-August 1986; Wessex Studios, London |
| Genre | Soul, jazz, R&B |
| Length | 38:24 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Producer | Jeremy Green, Topper Headon |
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| Allmusic | |
Waking Up is a solo album by Topper Headon best known as the drummer of The Clash. The album was released by Mercury in 1986 with a cover photograph taken by Tim White. "Leave It to Luck" was released as a single and as part of an EP.[2] The album was dedicated to the memory of Pete Farndon.
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Topper Headon, except where indicated.
- "Leave It to Luck"
- "I'll Give You Everything"
- "Hope for Donna"
- "Got to Keep on Going"
- "Dancing"
- "Pleasure and Pain"
- "When You're Down"
- "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones / Steve Cropper / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Al Jackson)
- "Just Another Hit"
- "Monkey on My Back"
Personnel
- Topper Headon - drums, percussion
- Martin Dobson - saxophone
Mick Gallagher - keyboards- Mark Graham - trombone
- Tom Harris - saxophone
Jimmy Helms - vocals- Jerome Rimson - bass, vocals
Bob Tench - guitar, vocals- Geoffrey Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn
Notes
^ Allmusic review
^ This EP included "East Versus West", "Got to Get Out of This Heat" and "Ducaine Road"