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Crashes
Studio album by
Released13 June 1980 (1980-06-13)
Recorded1979–80
StudioAIR Studios, London
Townhouse Studios, London
GenrePower pop
Length35:30
LabelVirgin
ProducerCraig Leon, Mick Glossop
The Records chronology
Shades in Bed
(1979)
Crashes
(1980)
Music on Both Sides
(1982)

Crashes is the second album by the British power pop band the Records, released in 1980 by Virgin Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Smash Hits7½/10[2]

Crashes did not chart in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 album chart at number 204.[3] Rolling Stone published a favourable review of the album upon its initial release.[4]

Retrospectively, Trouser Press called the album a "passable, but hardly a great follow-up" to Shades in Bed.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Will Birch and John Wicks except where noted.

UK release

Side one
  1. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:02
  2. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
  3. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:35
  4. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Richie Bull) – 2:46
  5. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
Side two
  1. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:43
  2. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:10
  3. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:45
  4. "The Worriers" – 3:25
  5. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:05

US release

Side one
  1. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:47
  2. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:52
  3. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:47
  4. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:38
  5. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
Side two
  1. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:09
  2. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:06
  3. "The Worriers" – 3:29
  4. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
  5. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:08

2004 CD release

  1. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:21
  2. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:44
  3. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:04
  4. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:33
  5. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:12
  6. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:48
  7. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:48
  8. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:11
  9. "The Worriers" – 3:28
  10. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:14
  11. "Injury Time" – 3:08
  12. "Vamp" – 3:11
  13. "So Sorry" – 2:50
  14. "Faces at the Window" – 3:39
  15. "The Same Mistakes" (1979) - 4:00
  16. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (1979) (Birch, Bull) – 3:02

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Schnee, Steve "Spaz". "Crashes – The Records". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ Hepworth, David (26 June – 9 July 1980). "The Records: Crashes". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 13. p. 31.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 367. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
  4. ^ De Matteis, J. M. (30 October 1980). "The Records: Crashes". Rolling Stone. No. 329. p. 54.
  5. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Records". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 May 2016.