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1988 studio album by The Escape Club
Wild Wild West is the second album by rock band
The Escape Club , released in 1988.
[4] It includes their most well-known song, "
Wild, Wild West ".
[5] The album also included the singles "
Shake for the Sheik " and "Walking Through Walls".
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[6]
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by The Escape Club.
Title 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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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
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"RIAA - Gold & Platinum - October 16, 2010: Escape Club certified albums" .
Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 27 July 2013 .
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b Breihan, Tom (7 June 2021).
"The Number Ones: The Escape Club's "Wild, Wild West" .
Stereogum . Retrieved 12 November 2023 . With Kimsey, the Escape Club recorded their Wild, Wild West album, a clear attempt to run grandly pouty T. Rex-style '70s glam rock through an '80s dance-beat filter.
^ Writer, DEBORAH WILKER, Music.
"ESCAPE CLUB HAS A WILD BEGINNING" . Sun-Sentinel.com . {{
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link )
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"Escape Club - Wild, Wild West" . www.pastemagazine.com . 14 September 2015.
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" 'Tween the Rock and Pop Place" . Los Angeles Times . 27 November 1988.
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"Wild Wild West - The Escape Club | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic .
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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"The Escape Club Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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"Billboard.BIZ: Top Pop Albums of 1989" . Archived from
the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2022 .