''The Big Heat'' is the debut solo album by American musician Stan Ridgway (former

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vocalist), released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records. Named after the

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film noir of the same name, the original release consisted of nine songs, including the No. 4 UK hit "

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".Stan Ridgway: Camouflage
OfficialCharts.com Accessed September 2, 2007. In 1986, the album reached No. 131 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was re-released in 1993 with six additional tracks and again re-released in 2007.

Track listing

* Before the album's release, the track "Pick It Up (And Put It in Your Pocket)" was used in a 1985 episode of ''

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Accolades

Chart positions

;Album ;Singles

Personnel

Adapted from ''The Big Heat'' liner notes. * Stan Ridgway – lead vocals,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(A3, A5, B1, B2, B4), keyboards (A1, A4, B2-B4), harmonica (A1, B1), banjo (A2),

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(B3),

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(A3-A5),

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(A3-A5) ;Musicians * K. K. Barrett – drums (B1) *Chris Becerra – drums (B4) *Joe Berardi – drums (A5) *

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(A2) *Luis Cabaza –

(B2) *Mr. Christopher –

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(A1),

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

(A1) *Mark Cohen – banjo (A4), mandolin (A4) *John Dentino – keyboards (A1) *

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trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(A5) *

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– instruments (B2) *

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– violin (A2) *Mark Lewis –

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(B4) *Mark Morris – backing vocals (B4) * Bill Noland – keyboards (A1, B1, B2),

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(A2),

(B2) ;Musicians (cont.) *Joe Ramirez – backing vocals (A4),

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(A4),

(B1) *Tom Rechoin – percussion (A2) * Steve Reid – percussion (B2) *Mark Terlizzi – bass guitar (A3) *Louis van den Berg – keyboards (A3-A5, B3, B4), producer (A3-A5),

(A3-A5) * Mike Watt – bass guitar (A3) *Pietra Wexstun – backing vocals (A3) *Eric Williams –

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*Bruce Zelesnik – drums (A1) ;Production and additional personnel *

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(B2),

(B2), mixing (B2) *

Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is currently the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, including R ...

– production (A2), keyboards (A2) *Carl Grasso – art direction *Jim Hill – engineering (A2) * Hugh Jones – production (A1, B1), engineering (A1, B1), mixing (A1), keyboards (A1) *Scott Lindgren –

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, cover art *Andy Waterman – mixing (A2-A5, B1)

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Big Heat, The 1986 debut albums Stan Ridgway albums Albums produced by Mitchell Froom Albums produced by Hugh Jones (producer) Albums produced by Stan Ridgway I.R.S. Records albums Albums produced by Joe Chiccarelli Avant-pop albums