The Big Lad in the Windmill
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The Big Lad in the Windmill is the debut album of British progressive
pop
/rock
band It Bites
. It contains the hit singles "All in Red", "Calling All The Heroes
" and "Whole New World"
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band It Bites
It Bites
It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, England in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All The Heroes", which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit...
. It contains the hit singles "All in Red", "Calling All The Heroes
Calling All The Heroes
"Calling All The Heroes" is the second single by It Bites. It was written by frontman Francis Dunnery, and charted at #6 on the UK charts in August 1986....
" and "Whole New World"
Track listing
- All In Red 3:31
- Turn Me Loose 4:11
- Calling All The HeroesCalling All The Heroes"Calling All The Heroes" is the second single by It Bites. It was written by frontman Francis Dunnery, and charted at #6 on the UK charts in August 1986....
5:33 - Whole New World 4:25
- I Got You Eating Out Of My Hand 6:07
- You'll Never Go To Heaven 7:12
- Screaming On The Beaches 3:45
- Cold, Tired And Hungry 4:17
- Wanna Shout 3:13
- The Big Lad in the Windmill 0:47
Personnel
- Francis DunneryFrancis DunneryFrancis Dunnery is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as a solo performer , and for fronting the original lineup of the band It Bites between 1982 and 1990 .Dunnery served as a sideman and...
- guitars, vocals - John BeckJohn Beck (musician)John Beck is an English musician in progressive rock band, It Bites.-Work:John Beck is a writer, producer, keyboard player and guitarist known for his work with Tasmin Archer and Corinne Bailey Rae....
- keyboards - Dick Nolan - bass
- Bob Dalton - drums