''No. 10, Upping St.'' is the second

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by the English band

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, led by Mick Jones, the former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of

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. The album's title is a pun on

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. The album reunited Jones for one album with former Clash bandmate

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, who was a co-producer of the album and co-writer of 5 of its 9 songs.

Album artwork

The cover painting, based on a still taken from the

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film '' Scarface'' (1983), was painted by Tim M Jones MA(RCA)

Track listing

Notes

* "Dial a Hitman" contains a spoken-word outro attributed to

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and

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(and with a reference to

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) * "C'mon Every Beatbox" was remixed and released in the US as "Badrock City" * "C'mon Every Beatbox", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C!" were all released as singles in the UK * "C'mon Every Beatbox" contains samples from the films '' The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'' (1971), '' The Harder They Come'' (1972), and '' The Cotton Club'' (1984) * "Sambadrome" contains some samples from Brazilian football commentator Osmar Santos * The original album version of "Hollywood Boulevard" opened with a sample of

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from '' My Favorite Year'' (1982) * "Ice Cool Killer" is an instrumental version of "Limbo the Law" * "The Big V" is an instrumental version of "V. Thirteen" * "Badrock City" is an instrumental version of "C'mon Every Beatbox" * "V. Thirteen" is named for the territorial tags drawn by members of Venice 13 (V13) is a Mexican-American street gang based in the Oakwood (aka "Ghost Town") neighborhood of

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, a section of

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, with a substantial presence in East Venice as well as the

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/Los Angeles border, especially around Washington Blvd. * Later pressings of the album substituted the original versions of "Hollywood Boulevard" and "V. Thirteen" with the remixed versions that were released as a single.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''No. 10, Upping St.'' liner notes. Big Audio Dynamite * Mick Jones —

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;

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; producer *

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— vocals;

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* Dan Donovan — keyboards; vocals;

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;

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* Leo Williams —

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; vocals * Greg Roberts —

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; vocals with: *

— producer *

— dialog *

— dialog * Sipho Josanna Johnson — human beatbox * Adam "Flea" Newman — "dynamite" * Sam Sever —

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ing; drum programming * Chep Nuñez — editing *

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Cenzo Townshend Vincenzo "Cenzo" Capellini Townshend (born 25 March 1963) is an English record producer, mixer, and audio engineer, and has worked with artists and bands including the Rolling Stones, a-ha, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol, Florence and the Machi ...

, Dennis Mitchell — assistant editing * Paul "Groucho" Smykle —

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Mark "Spike" Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran, ...

— assistant * Josh Cheuse — photography The cover painting, based on a still taken from the

crime drama film '' Scarface'' (1983) was painted by Tim Jones.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:No. 10, Upping St. 1986 albums Big Audio Dynamite albums Columbia Records albums Albums recorded at Trident Studios