The Whole Wide World is a 1979 compilation album by British new wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 musician Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric is an English rock and roll/new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single " Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time...

, intended to break him in the American market. It consists of his singles up to that point, some b-sides and selected tracks from the albums Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric (album)

#Wreckless Eric's debut album was released on June 1, 1978. It reached #46 on the UK Albums Chart.A 10" version of the LP was issued on both brown and purple vinyl in the UK...

 and The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric

The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric

The Wonderful World of Wreckless Eric was Wreckless Eric's second album and was released October 13, 1978 as black vinyl LP , green vinyl LP and picture disc LP .-Track listing:Side 1#"Walking On The Surface Of The Moon"...

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In 1980, an LP with the same track listing was added as a bonus to the album Big Smash!

Big Smash!

Wreckless Eric's third album was released as a double LP and as cassette on February 29, 1980. While the first LP comprised new material, the extra LP in fact was the compilation album The Whole Wide World....

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Side 1

1. "Whole Wide World
   (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World
   " Whole Wide World" is a song written by English rock and roll singer-songwriter Eric Goulden, better known as Wreckless Eric. Goulden wrote the song in May 1974, and recorded it in 1977 while an original member of the Stiff Records label...
   
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2. "Take The Cash"
3. "Let's Go To The Pictures"
4. "Walking On The Surface Of The Moon"
5. "Hit & Miss Judy"
6. "I Wish It Would Rain"

Side 2

1. "Reconnez Cherie"
2. "Veronica"
3. "Brain Thieves"
4. "Semaphore Signals"
5. "I Need A Situation"
6. "The Final Taxi"
7. "There Isn't Anything Else"

All songs written by Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric

Wreckless Eric is an English rock and roll/new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single " Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time...

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External links

• Official Wreckless Eric website