''Easy Action'' is the first album of the Swedish
glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diver ...
band
Easy Action.
The band got signed to a Swedish indie label,
Tandan Records, and released their first album in the Scandinavian countries in 1983. The label owner
Sanji Tandan later became the band's manager and got them signed to the Warner Bros label
Sire, and in 1984 a second version of the album, with two new songs, was released worldwide.
Easy Action was the first Swedish band ever to sign a US major label deal.
Track listing
All tracks by Marcello, Tyrone, Zan, except where indicated
Side One
#"Rocket Ride" - 3:37
#"Mental Dance" - 3:56
#"The End of the Line" (Marcello, Zan) - 3:19
#"Don't Cry, Don't Crack" - 3:22
#"Another Saturday Night" - 3:11
Side Two
#
"We Go Rocking" - 3:52
#"Let's Lose Control" (Marcello) - 3:18
#"Rock Things Out" - 3:13
#"Number One" - 3:14
#"Turn Me On" - 3:25
1984 edition bonus tracks
#"Round Round Round" - 2:59
#"Rock On Rollers" - 3:56
"Rock On Rollers" replaced "Turn Me On" in the 1984 edition
2008 CD remastered edition bonus tracks
#"Rock On Rockers" - 3:56
#"Round Round Round" - 2:59
#"Drop the Bomb" (live) - 3:04
#"In the Middle of Nowhere" - 2:29
#"Roll Baby Roll" - 4:11
#"The End of the Line '84" (Marcello, Zan) - 3:37
#"Round Round Round" (live) - 4:02
#"Don't Cry, Don't Crack" (live) - 3:49
#"Number One" (live) - 3:55
#"We Go Rocking" - 4:24
#"Sweet Sangria" - 4:13
Reptilian Records Tracks
#"What's The Deal"
#"You And Me"
#"Twenty-One"
#"Do Or Die"
#"All Of The Time"
#"Do It Cuz I Can"
#"Out Cold"
#"Can't Kill You"
#"Nowhere"
#"If There Is Something"
Personnel
Band members
* Zinny J. Zan - lead and backing vocals
*Kee Marcello
Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom, 20 February 1960 in Ludvika, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist/vocalist, best known as the former guitarist in the hard rock bands Europe and Easy Action. He is currently pursuing his solo career.
Caree ...
- lead guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals
*Danny Wilde - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Alex Tyrone - bass, backing vocals
*Freddy van Gerber - drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
*Chris Lind - rhythm guitar on tracks 11, 12, 14, 16
Production
*Ollie Larsson - engineer, mixing
*Bo Larsson - mixing on tracks 4, 10
References
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1983 debut albums
Easy Action (band) albums