On the turntable this Sunday...This Is Big Audio Dynamite

This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.

Track listing:

(All songs written by Jones/Letts except as indicated)

Side one 

1. "Medicine Show"   6:29

2. "Sony"   4:30

3. "E=MC²"   5:54

4. "The Bottom Line" (written by Mick Jones) 4:35

Side two 

5. "A Party"   6:40

6. "Sudden Impact!"   5:03

7. "Stone Thames"   4:05

8. "BAD"   5:54

Legacy Edition bonus tracks 

1. "Medicine Show (12-inch Remix)"   7:10

2. "Sony Dub"   4:15

3. "E=MC2 (12-Inch Remix)"   6:31

4. "The Bottom Line (12-inch Remix, Edit Version)"   7:20

5. "A Party Dub"   7:01

6. "Sudden Impact (12-Inch Mix)"   6:07

7. "Stone Thames (12-Inch Mix)"   6:18

8. "BAD (Vocoder Version)"   6:28

9. "Electric Vandal"   3:22

10. "Albert Einstein Meets The Human Beatbox"   5:35

11. "BAD (US-12-Inch Remix)"   6:16

12. "This Is Big Audio Dynamite" (7-Inch Non LP B-Side) 3:44

Personnel:

Mick Jones - vocals, guitar

Don Letts - sound effects, vocals

Dan Donovan - keyboards, photos

Leo Williams - bass, vocals

Greg Roberts - drums, vocals

Samples used on the album

Medicine Show

Sampled liberally throughout this song are sound bites from four motion pictures, three of them spaghetti westerns. This list is based on order of appearance.

"Get three coffins ready." (Clint Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)

"Who the hell is that? One bastard goes in and another comes out....I'm innocent of everything!" (Eli Wallach from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

"You makin' some kinda joke?" (A Fistful of Dollars)

"I don't think it's nice, you laughin'." (Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)

"Wanted in fourteen counties of this State, the condemned is found guilty of crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and contrary to the laws of this State, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards...Therefore, according to the powers vested in us, we sentence the accused before us, Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez ('Known as The Rat') and any other aliases he might have, to hang by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed." (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; "Known as The Rat" was uttered by Eastwood.)

Ennio Morricone's main theme to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

"Duck, you sucker!" (James Coburn from Duck, You Sucker!)

"I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)

Laughter from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Sony

Joe Strummer crowing from The Clash song "London Calling"

E=MC²

Several samples from the cult film Performance directed by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg