Casablanca (album)

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Casablanca
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedFebruary 1982
StudioMatrix Studios, London
Genre
Label Lost (Australia 1982), Mushroom (Australian re-release 1987)
Producer Chris Bailey
The Saints chronology
The Monkey Puzzle
(1981)
Casablanca
(1982)
A Little Madness to Be Free
(1984)
International Release
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Out in the Jungle...Where Things Ain't So Pleasant was the international version of Casablanca.
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Casablanca is the fifth album by Australian punk band The Saints. The full title on the album's cover is I Thought This Was Love, but This Ain't Casablanca, however the official title of the album is simply Casablanca. It was released internationally as Out in the Jungle ... Where Things Ain't So Pleasant.

Contents

The Saints' founder and vocalist Chris Bailey said, "This is my own opinion, and it changes with a few drinks or whatever, but it's the first record I can actually say I like the atmosphere of, the closest I've ever got to making a record that... seems closer to what I had up here." [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chris Bailey; except where indicated

  1. "Follow the Leader" – 3:44
  2. "Rescue" – 2:38
  3. "Senile Dementia" – 5:14
  4. "Casablanca" – 3:52
  5. "Curtains" – 3:42
  6. "Come On" – 2:55
  7. "1000 Faces" – 3:05
  8. "Animal" – 2:25
  9. "Out in the Jungle" º 2:55
  10. "Beginning of the Tomato Party" (Janine Hall, Iain Shedden, Chris Bailey) – 5:16
  11. "Out of Sight" – 3:12

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Allmusic review". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. Clinton Walker (1984). The Next Thing. Kenthurst, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN   0-949924-81-4.