''F-Punk'' is the eighth studio album by Mick Jones' post- Clash band

Big Audio Dynamite Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones, former lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Clash. The band mixed various mu ...

, released in 1995. It was the first album to be released under the name of Big Audio Dynamite since 1989's ''

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''. The title is a

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on the funk group

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, and is supposed to imply "Fuck punk." The album cover lettering takes influence from ''

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'', one of Mick Jones' albums with The Clash, which in turn was a copy of

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's debut album.

Critical reception

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'' called the album "an attempt to cash in on a formidable legacy by largely abandoning dance sounds for unexceptional, straight-ahead rock — it’s emblematic of the band’s stylistic change that 'Push Those Blues Away' drops a promising jungle beat for plain-jane rock." The ''

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'' wrote that "there's too much that sounds like demo tapes for a future album, fiddling around on keyboards, messing with volume dials, punching up experiments that don't always work." ''

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'' thought that B.A.D. "has simply forgotten to draw the line between creative mixing and pure sludge." ''

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'' wrote: "Beginning with a '1,2,3,4' count-off, the low-fi garage hum of 'I Turned Out a Punk' could act as a biography for any of the four members of the Clash."

Track listing

*All songs by Mick Jones unless noted. # "I Turned Out a Punk" - 5:24 # "Vitamin C" - 5:27 # "Psycho Wing" 7:12 # "Push Those Blues Away" (Mick Jones, Gary Stonadge) - 6:08 # "Gonna Try" - 3:55 # "It's a Jungle Out There" - 5:19 # "Got To Set Her Free" - 3:51 # "Get It All From My TV" - 4:04 # "Singapore" - 5:25 # "I Can't Go on Like This" (Mick Jones, Lauren Jones) - 5:54 # "What About Love?" / "

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" (hidden track) (

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) - 9:44 total There is also a hidden track 3:47 into "I Turned Out a Punk".

Personnel

Big Audio Dynamite

* Mick Jones - guitar, vocals, producer * Nick Hawkins - guitar, vocals * André Shapps - keyboards, producer *

Gary Stonadge Gary Stonadge (born 24 November 1962) is a British bass guitarist and DJ. He started playing in Mick Jones' band Big Audio Dynamite

- bass, vocals * Chris Kavanagh - drums, vocals * Micky Custance - DJ, percussion, vocals

Others

* Henery Glover - engineer * Jason Eyers - engineer * Tim Burrell - mastering

References

External links

Article about B.A.D. and partially ''F-Punk''
{{Authority control 1995 albums Big Audio Dynamite albums