Too Much Pressure (album)
Encyclopedia
Too Much Pressure was the first album by British
ska
band The Selecter
. It was released in 1980 on 2 Tone
records. The album charted at # 5 in the United Kingdom.
The title track "Too Much Pressure" was featured in the film The Abyss
.
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "On My Radio" as the first cut, change the name of "Everyday" to "Time Hard" and move "Three MInute Hero" to the last cut on Side One.)
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "They Make Me Mad" as the third cut on Side Two.)
s: "My Collie (Not A Dog)" is a version of Millie
's "My Boy Lollipop
" rewritten to be about cannabis
; "Murder" was originally recorded by Leon and Owen
; "Carry Go Bring Come" was a hit record for Justin Hinds
; "Everyday (Time Hard)" was originally recorded by the Pioneers
as "Time Hard"; "James Bond" is a recording of the classic James Bond
theme by Monty Norman, first done in a ska
style by Roland Alphonso
.
.
The cover photo is of Steve Eaton.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
band The Selecter
The Selecter
The Selecter are a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in mid 1979.Like many other bands in the ska revival movement, The Selecter featured a racially diverse line-up. Their lyrics featured themes connected to politics and marijuana, set to strong melodies and a danceable beat...
. It was released in 1980 on 2 Tone
2 Tone
2 Tone is a music genre created in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s by fusing elements of ska, punk rock, rocksteady, reggae, and New Wave. It was called 2 Tone because most of the bands were signed to 2 Tone Records at some point. Other labels associated with the 2 Tone sound were Stiff...
records. The album charted at # 5 in the United Kingdom.
The title track "Too Much Pressure" was featured in the film The Abyss
The Abyss
The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. The original musical score was composed by Alan Silvestri...
.
Side one
- "Three Minute Hero" - 3.00
- "Everyday (Time Hard)" - 3.10
- "They Make Me Mad" (Pauline BlackPauline BlackPauline Black in Romford is a British singer, actress and author most notable as the lead singer of The Selecter. Black was born to an Anglo-Jewish mother and Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white middle-aged couple and given the name Pauline Vickers...
, Desmond Brown) - 2.47 - "Missing Words" - 3.22
- "Danger" (Selecter) - 2.38
- "Street Feeling" - 3.11
- "My Collie (Not A Dog)" (Robert Spencer, Johnny Roberts) - 2.45
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "On My Radio" as the first cut, change the name of "Everyday" to "Time Hard" and move "Three MInute Hero" to the last cut on Side One.)
Side two
- "Too Much Pressure" - 3.48
- "Murder" (Leon & OwenOwen GrayOwen Gray also known as Owen Grey is one of Jamaica's 'Foundation' singers whose work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star....
) - 2.39 - "Out On The Streets" - 3.28
- "Carry Go "Bring Come" (Justin HindsJustin HindsJustin Hinds was a Jamaican ska vocalist, with his backing singers the Dominoes.He is best known for his work with Duke Reid's Treasure Isle Records, where his most notable song, "Carry Go Bring Come" recorded in late 1963, went to number one in Jamaica...
) - 3.02 - "Black and Blue" (Pauline Black) - 3.17
- "James BondJames Bond ThemeThe "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film....
" (Monty NormanMonty NormanMonty Norman is a singer and film composer best known for being credited with composing the "James Bond Theme".-Biography:...
) - 2.16
(The US, Canadian, and Swedish releases of this album includes "They Make Me Mad" as the third cut on Side Two.)
Covers
Five tracks on this album are cover versionCover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s: "My Collie (Not A Dog)" is a version of Millie
Millie (singer)
Millie is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best known as the singer of the 1964 hit, "My Boy Lollipop".-Career:...
's "My Boy Lollipop
My Boy Lollipop
"My Boy Lollipop" is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in New York in 1956 by Barbie Gaye...
" rewritten to be about cannabis
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...
; "Murder" was originally recorded by Leon and Owen
Owen Gray
Owen Gray also known as Owen Grey is one of Jamaica's 'Foundation' singers whose work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star....
; "Carry Go Bring Come" was a hit record for Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds was a Jamaican ska vocalist, with his backing singers the Dominoes.He is best known for his work with Duke Reid's Treasure Isle Records, where his most notable song, "Carry Go Bring Come" recorded in late 1963, went to number one in Jamaica...
; "Everyday (Time Hard)" was originally recorded by the Pioneers
The Pioneers (band)
The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae vocal trio, whose main period of success was in the 1960s. The trio has had different line-ups, and still occasionally performs.-Founding and early years: 1962-1967:...
as "Time Hard"; "James Bond" is a recording of the classic James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
theme by Monty Norman, first done in a ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
style by Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso O.D. or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites....
.
Design
The album cover design is by the artist David StoreyDavid Storey (artist)
David Storey is a British artist and graphic designer, known for his stark 'Moholy Nagy' inspired album covers and particularly his work for the 2-Tone record label , and for the British group, The Housemartins.- Biography :Storey spent his childhood in the dramatic landscape of the English Lake...
.
The cover photo is of Steve Eaton.