Watch the Red

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Watch the Red
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Studio album by
The Angels
ReleasedMay 1983
Recorded1982–1983
StudioRhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Hard rock
Length38:23
Label Epic
Producer The Angels and Andrew Scott
The Angels chronology
Night Attack
(1981)		Watch the Red
(1983)		 Two Minute Warning
(1984)
Singles from Watch the Red
  1. "Stand Up"
    Released: November 1982
  2. "Eat City"
    Released: March 1983
  3. "Live Lady Live"
    Released: June 1983
  4. "Is That You?"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [1]

Watch the Red is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band The Angels. It was released in May 1983. The album charted at number 6 in Australia and number 43 in New Zealand. [2] [3]

Contents

In June 2002, Shock Records issued The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983. The 4-CD box set included remasters of Dark Room (9 bonus tracks), Night Attack (9 bonus tracks), Watch The Red (5 bonus tracks) and The Blow (2-CD set of material from a 40-minute jam-session which formed the basis of Watch the Red). In June 2006, Liberation Music re-issued Dark Room from The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983. [4]

Track listings

Credits adapted from the original releases. [5] [6]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live Lady Live" Doc Neeson, Lauren Haefer, Richard Brewster3:13
2."Eat City"Neeson, R. Brewster3:22
3."Shoot It Up"Neeson, John Brewster, R. Brewster3:30
4."Easy Prey"Bitsy Brewster, J. Brewster, R. Brewster3:41
5."Bow Wow"J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Brent Eccles, Jim Hilbun2:22
6."No Sleep in Hell"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster5:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Watch the Red"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster5:02
8."The Zoo / Name Dropping"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Eccles, Hilbun3:58
9."Stand Up"Hilbun3:15
10."Is That You?"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster3:37
11."Stay Away"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Eccles, Hilbun4:16
2006 Remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Breakdown"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster4:27
13."Take It on the Run"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster3:48
14."Say What"Neeson, J. Brewster, R. Brewster5:15
15."Live Lady Live, Part 2"Neeson, R. Brewster, Haefer4:35
16."Let Me In"Neeson, R. Brewster6:03
Total length:62:31
2006 Remastered edition CD2 – "The Blow"
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Wanna Be No More (In My Life)"4:46
2."Never Know My Name"0:36
3."How Long Can I?"1:57
4."Name Dropping"0:48
5."The Zoo"3:56
6."Bow Wow"1:55
7."Where's Doc?"4:12
8."Electric Drill (Don't Do It Honey)"4:23
9."Stay Away"6:13
Total length:28:46

Personnel

The Angels
Production

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [7] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 43

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9] Gold20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 19–20. ISBN   978-1894959315.
  2. ↑ The Angels - Watch The Red at Australian Music Database
  3. ↑ The Angels - Watch The Red at Australian-Charts
  4. ↑ The Angels - Watch The Red at Allmusic
  5. ↑ Watch the Red (LP sleeve). The Angels. New York: Epic Records. 1983. ELPS 4364.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Watch the Red (CD Booklet). Angel City. Victoria, Australia: Liberation Music. 2006. BLUE056.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. pp. 17–18. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
  8. ↑ "Charts.nz – The Angels – Watch the Red". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jackson Leads Int'I Certifications For CBS" (PDF). Cash Box . 2 July 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 10 November 2021– via World Radio History.
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