Big Trash
Encyclopedia
Big Trash is the seventh album by the British pop group the Thompson Twins
. Released in 1989, it was the first release by the band on the Red Eye/Warner Brothers
record label. It yielded two singles, "Sugar Daddy" and "Bombers in the Sky," but was a commercial failure. Blondie
singer Deborah Harry
contributed backing vocals to "Sugar Daddy" and spoken-word vocals to "Queen of the U.S.A.", recorded by Bailey over a transatlantic telephone
connection.
Thompson Twins
The Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...
. Released in 1989, it was the first release by the band on the Red Eye/Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
record label. It yielded two singles, "Sugar Daddy" and "Bombers in the Sky," but was a commercial failure. Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
singer Deborah Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
contributed backing vocals to "Sugar Daddy" and spoken-word vocals to "Queen of the U.S.A.", recorded by Bailey over a transatlantic telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
connection.
Track listing
- "Sugar DaddySugar Daddy (Thompson Twins song)"Sugar Daddy" is Thompson Twins' only single in 1989 from the album Big Trash. It was written by the duo, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey. The single peaked at #97 in the UK, spending only 1 week on the chart. The single fared better in America where it peaked at #28 on the US Billboard. This would...
" - 3:31 - "Queen of the U.S.A." - 3:44
- "Bombers in the Sky" - 3:56
- "This Girl's On Fire" - 3:11
- "T.V. On" - 3:27
- "Big Trash" - 3:09
- "Salvador Dali's Car" - 4:21
- "Rock This Boat" - 3:07
- "Dirty Summer's Day" - 4:28
- "Love Jungle" - 4:10
- "Wild" - 3:58