''No. 10, Upping St.'' is the second

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by English band

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, led by Mick Jones, the former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of

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. The album's title is a pun on

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, the headquarters of the

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. The album reunited Jones for one album with former Clash bandmate

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, who was a co-producer of the album and co-writer of 5 of its 9 songs.

Album artwork

The cover painting, based on a still taken from the Brian De Palma film '' Scarface'' (1983), was painted by Tim Jones and Deirdre McArdle.

Track listing

Notes

* "Dial a Hitman" contains a spoken-word outro attributed to

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and Laurence Fishburne (and with a reference to

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) * "C'mon Every Beatbox" was remixed and released in the US as "Badrock City" * "C'mon Every Beatbox", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C!" were all released as singles in the UK * "C'mon Every Beatbox" contains samples from the films ''

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'' (1971), ''

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'' (1972), and '' The Cotton Club'' (1984) * "Sambadrome" contains some samples from Brazilian football commentator

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* "Ice Cool Killer" is an instrumental version of "Limbo the Law" * "The Big V" is an instrumental version of "V. Thirteen" * "Badrock City" is an instrumental version of "C'mon Every Beatbox" * "V. Thirteen" is named for the territorial tags drawn by members of Venice 13 (V13) is a Mexican-American street gang based in the Oakwood (aka "Ghost Town") neighborhood of

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, a section of

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, with a substantial presence in East Venice as well as the

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/Los Angeles border, especially around Washington Blvd. * Later pressings of the album substituted the original versions of "Hollywood Boulevard" and "V. Thirteen" with the remixed versions that were released as a single.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''No. 10, Upping St.'' liner notes. Big Audio Dynamite * Mick Jones —

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;

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;

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— vocals;

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* Dan Donovan —

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; vocals;

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;

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* Leo Williams —

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; vocals * Greg Roberts —

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; vocals with: *

— producer *

— dialog * Laurence Fishburne — dialog * Sipho Josanna Johnson — human beatbox * Adam "Flea" Newman — "dynamite" * Sam Sever —

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ing; drum programming *

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Alan Moulder,

Cenzo Townshend Vincenzo Capellini Townshend (born 28 October 1963) is an English record producer, mixer, and audio engineer, and has worked with artists and bands including the Rolling Stones, a-ha, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol, Florence and the Machin ...

, Dennis Mitchell — assistant editing * Paul "Groucho" Smykle —

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— assistant * Josh Cheuse — photography The cover painting, based on a still taken from the Brian De Palma crime drama film '' Scarface'' (1983) was painted by Tim Jones.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1986 albums Big Audio Dynamite albums Columbia Records albums Albums recorded at Trident Studios