''Mean Time'' is the second studio

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by English rock band

The Barracudas The Barracudas are an English surf rock band formed in late 1978. The band's original line-up consisted of Jeremy Gluck (vocals), Robin Wills (guitar and vocals), Starkie Phillips (bass and vocals) and Adam Phillips (drums). Before the band rec ...

, released in 1983 by record label Closer. The incorporation of Chris Wilson from

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gave this new formation a paramount weight in the eighties' garage rock bands' scene.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jeremy Gluck and Robin Wills; except where noted. #"Grammar of Misery" #"Bad News" (Robin Wills) #" I Ain't No Miracle Worker" (Nancy Mantz, Annette Tucker) #"Be My Friend Again" (Jeremy Gluck, Chris Wilson) #"Shades of Today" #"Dead Skin" #"Middle Class Blues" (Bob Ronco, Chris Wilson) #"You've Come a Long Way" (Robin Wills) #"Ballad of a Liar" #"When I'm Gone" (Robin Wills) #"Eleventh Hour" #"Hear Me Calling" (Robin Wills)

Personnel

;The Barracudas *Jeremy Gluck - vocals * Chris Wilson, Robin Wills - guitar, vocals *Jim Dickson - bass, vocals *Terry Smith - drums, percussion * Peter Gage - keyboards ;Technical *Mike O'Donnell - engineer

Content

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'' described the album's sound as a "'60sish blend of punky pop, vintage

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, mock

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, snarly mild

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and Byrdsy 12-string folk-rock."

Reception

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called it "the Barracudas' masterpiece", whilst ''Trouser Press'' classed it as "wonderful".

References

External links

* 1983 albums The Barracudas albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub