Wild Wild West (album)

Wild Wild West is the second album by rock band The Escape Club, released in 1988.[3] It includes their most well-known song, "Wild, Wild West".[4] The album also included the singles "Shake for the Sheik" and "Walking Through Walls".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Wild Wild West
Studio album by
The Escape Club
ReleasedJuly 11, 1988 [1]
Recorded1987
StudioMaison Rouge, Air London, Westside Studios
GenreAlternative rock
Length39:10
LabelAtlantic[2]
ProducerChris Kimsey
The Escape Club chronology
White Fields
(1986)		 Wild Wild West
(1988)		 Dollars and Sex
(1991)

Track listing
  • All songs written and arranged by The Escape Club.
No.TitleLength
1."Wild, Wild West"5:44
2."Jealousy"3:07
3."Shake for the Sheik"4:02
4."Walking Through Walls"3:20
5."The Longest Day"4:36
6."Who Do You Love?"3:17
7."Staring at the Sun"4:47
8."Only the Rain"3:06
9."Goodbye Joey Rae"4:28
10."Working for the Fatman"2:57

Charts
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (ARIA Charts)42[6]

Non-album tracks
Song (time)Appeared on

Single/EP

We Can Run (3:50)Wild, Wild West
Standing on a Bridge (4:00)Walking Through Walls
Twentieth Century Fox (3:35)The Wonder Years soundtrack

Personnel

The Escape Club
  • Trevor Steel: Guitars, Main Vocal
  • John Holliday: Guitars, Harmonica, Backing Vocals
  • Johnnie Christo: Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Milan Zekavica: Drums, Percussion

Additional Personnel
  • Steve Pigott, John Carin, Alan Clark: Keyboards, Synthesizers
  • Andy Duncan, Steve Scales: Percussion
  • Ben Parks, Brian Brumitt, Dave Plews, Jim Patterson: Horns
  • "Plum", Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals

References
  1. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - October 16, 2010: Escape Club certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 Jul 2013.
  2. Writer, DEBORAH WILKER, Music. "ESCAPE CLUB HAS A WILD BEGINNING". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  3. "Escape Club - Wild, Wild West". www.pastemagazine.com. September 14, 2015.
  4. "'Tween the Rock and Pop Place". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 1988.
  5. "Wild Wild West - The Escape Club | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.


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