Heavy Petting (album)

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Heavy Petting
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Studio album by
Released4 November 1997
Genre Ska
Length43:54
Label Moon Ska
Producer Louis Cook, Marcus D. Bush
Bad Manners chronology
Fat Sound
(1993)
Heavy Petting
(1997)
Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live
(1997)
Alternative cover
Don't Knock the Baldhead.jpg
Professional ratings
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Heavy Petting, also known as Don't Knock the Baldhead, is the eighth studio album by British 2 tone and ska band Bad Manners, released on 4 November 1997. Originally released as Don't Knock The Baldhead! in Germany on Pork Pie Records, the album was also released as Heavy Petting in the U.S.A. (Moon Ska Records), Japan (Tachyon International) and Spain (Tralla Records). The album eventually got its first UK release in 2013 on Cherry Red Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Don't Knock the Baldheads" (Copyright Control)
  2. "Black Night" (Ritchie Blackmore)
  3. "Down Berry Wood"
  4. "Happiness"
  5. "Heavy Petting"
  6. "In the Jungle"
  7. "No, No, No"
  8. "Randy Scouse Git" (Micky Dolenz)
  9. "Feel Like Jumping" (Marcia Griffiths)
  10. "Red River Ska" (Copyright Control)
  11. "Liverpool and Birmingham"
  12. "Lager Delirium"
  13. "Go"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Bad Manners: Heavy Petting". AllMusic.