Big Bang!

Big Bang! is the second album by English alternative rock group Fuzzbox, released in 1989. It includes four singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "International Rescue" (No. 11), "Pink Sunshine" (No. 14), "Self!" (featuring a guitar solo by Brian May of Queen, No. 24) and a cover of Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" (No. 76).[3]

Big Bang!
Studio album by
Released1989
Recorded1988–89
StudioSarm West Studios, London
Genre
Label
ProducerAndy Richards
Fuzzbox chronology
Bostin' Steve Austin
(1986)
Big Bang!
(1989)
Fuzz and Nonsense
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Big Bang! remains the final studio album by Fuzzbox; a follow-up had been planned but was shelved by their record company WEA due to the lack of success of the projected album's lead single, "Your Loss, My Gain", released in 1990. The band then broke up.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pink Sunshine"
3:44
2."Fast Forward Futurama"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • Sternberg
3:52
3."Jamaican Sunrise"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • Perks
4:00
4."Walking on Thin Ice"Yoko Ono3:46
5."Versatile for Discos and Parties"
5:16
6."International Rescue"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • Tina O'Neill
  • Perks
  • Sternberg
3:30
7."Self!"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • O'Neill
  • Perks
3:41
8."Irish Bride"
  • M. Dunne
  • Perks
3:32
9."Do You Know?"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • Perks
3:48
10."Beauty"
  • J. Dunne
  • M. Dunne
  • Perks
2:43

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5]5

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6]Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links