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'''''Gonna Ball''''' is the second studio album by American [[rockabilly]] band [[Stray Cats]], first released in the UK by [[Arista Records]] in November 1981.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Stray-Cats-Gonna-Ball/master/69576</ref><ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/gonna-ball-mw0000470613</ref> The album was produced by the band and Hein Hoven. It went platinum in the U.K.
'''''Gonna Ball''''' is the second studio album by American [[rockabilly]] band [[Stray Cats]], first released in the UK by [[Arista Records]] in November 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gonna-ball-mw0000470613|title = Gonna Ball Stray Cats|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The album was produced by the band and Hein Hoven. It went silver in the UK.<ref name="bpi2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2592-883-2|title=Stray Cats: Gonna Ball|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>


Five of the album's tracks ("Baby Blue Eyes", "Little Miss Prissy", "You Don't Believe Me", "Rev It Up and Go" and "Lonely Summer Nights") were later included on the band's first American album, ''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]'' (1982).
Five of the album's tracks ("Baby Blue Eyes", "Little Miss Prissy", "You Don't Believe Me", "Rev It Up and Go" and "Lonely Summer Nights") were later included on the band's first American album, ''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]'' (1982). Only "You Don't Believe Me" charted in the UK, reaching No. 57.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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*[[Lee Allen (musician)|Lee Allen]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Lee Allen (musician)|Lee Allen]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*Gavin Cochrane - [[photography]]
*Gavin Cochrane - [[photography]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1981)
!Peak<br> position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=297}}</ref>
|align="center"|61
|-
|United Kingdom ([[Official Charts Company]])
|align="center"|48
|}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:26, 19 December 2024

Gonna Ball
Studio album by
Stray Cats
ReleasedNovember 1981
Genre
LabelArista
ProducerStray Cats, Hein Hoven
Stray Cats chronology
Stray Cats
(1981) 		Gonna Ball
(1981) 		Built for Speed
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Rock 82(favorable)[1]

Gonna Ball is the second studio album by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, first released in the UK by Arista Records in November 1981.[2] The album was produced by the band and Hein Hoven. It went silver in the UK.[3]

Five of the album's tracks ("Baby Blue Eyes", "Little Miss Prissy", "You Don't Believe Me", "Rev It Up and Go" and "Lonely Summer Nights") were later included on the band's first American album, Built for Speed (1982). Only "You Don't Believe Me" charted in the UK, reaching No. 57.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Brian Setzer; except where indicated

  1. "Baby Blue Eyes" (Johnny Burnette, Paul Burlison)
  2. "Little Miss Prissy"
  3. "Wasn't That Good" (Wynonie Harris)
  4. "Cryin' Shame"
  5. "(She'll Stay Just) One More Day" (Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker)
  6. "What's Goin' Down (Cross That Bridge)"
  7. "You Don't Believe Me" (Setzer, Lee Rocker)
  8. "Gonna Ball" (Allen Bunn)
  9. "Wicked Whisky"
  10. "Rev It Up and Go"
  11. "Lonely Summer Nights"
  12. "Crazy Mixed-Up Kid"

Personnel

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Stray Cats
Additional personnel

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 61
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 48

References

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  1. ^ "Gonna Ball, Stray Cats". Rock 82 (in Serbian) (10). Belgrade: NIP Politika: 11.
  2. ^ "Gonna Ball Stray Cats". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Stray Cats: Gonna Ball". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 297. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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