''Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow'' is a 7" extended play released in March 1980 by Australian
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band
The Saints.
It was produced by the group's singer-guitarist,
Chris Bailey using the pseudonym L. Lambert.
It is their first release after founding guitarist,
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, had left the band.
The Saints line-up for the EP was Chris Bailey on lead vocals and guitar; C. Barrington on guitar; Cub Calloway on guitar; Ivor Hay on drums; and Janine Hall on bass guitar.
A 12" version with an additional track, "Miss Wonderful", was issued on the French label, New Rose.
Reception
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described ''Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow'' as, "shambolic in the extreme, but still possessed of a certain spark."
Australian musician,
Paul Kelly remembered that he had "cottoned onto The Saints around the time of ''Prehistoric Sounds'', their third album. ''Paralytic Tonight'' is a four track EP that came not long after. I played it over and over again in a flat on Punt Road. This was their great middle period."
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's Mark Deming rated it as three-and-a-half stars out of five and explained, "While these four songs (or five, depending on which version you buy) are tougher and more rock-oriented than the albums that would soon follow from Bailey's edition of the group, they're still a far cry from the breakneck fury of ''(I'm) Stranded'' or ''Eternally Yours''."
Track listing
Australian release
* Lost Records/
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(PRS-2773)
Side A
# "Simple Love" (Chris Bailey) – (3:45)
# "(Don't send me) Roses" (Bailey) – (3:50)
Side B
# "On the Waterfront" (Bailey) – (3:20)
# "Call It Mine" (Bailey) – (4:50)
French release
* New Rose
(NEW-1)
Side A
# "Simple Love" (Bailey) – (3:40)
# "(Don't send me) Roses" (Bailey) – (5:22)
# "Miss Wonderful" (Bailey) – (4:20)
Side B
# "On the Waterfront" (Bailey) – (3:18)
# "Call It Mine" (Bailey) – (4:52)
Personnel
;The Saints
*
Chris Bailey - vocals, guitar
*Barrington Francis, Bruce "Cub" Callaway - guitar
*Janine Hall - bass
*Ivor Hay - drums
;Technical
*Les Lambert - recording
*John Morgan - cover
*Judi Dransfield - photography
References
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The Saints (Australian band) EPs
1980 EPs