Automatics - Walking With The Radio On FLAC

Automatics Power Pop Punk 2003 Japan

Tracklist

1	Walking With The Radio On	2:07
2	Like A Moth Into A Flame	2:16
3	When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again	2:52
4	Wild One	2:25
5	Run Forever	3:27
6	Danger Signs	1:49
7	Stab It Back	3:21
8	Wear Your Love Like A Ball And Chain	4:48
9	Watch Her Now	2:13
10	Dumb Games	2:16
11	To The Goodtimes	3:49
12	British Beat	3:29
13	Walking With The Radio On (Demo)	2:22
14	When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again...Reprised	3:08

Credits

Bass – Bobby Collins
Drums – Ricky Goldstein
Guitar – Walter Hacon
Lead Vocals – Dave Philp
Producer – Steve Lillywhite

Notes

U.K. re-issue of the Automatics' shelved 1978 debut album, with bonus material. Previously issued in Japan by Base Records in 2000.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 505501170140

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BASE-001 CD	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(CD, Album)	Base	BASE-001 CD	Japan	2000
BASE-001LP	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(LP, Album)	Base	BASE-001LP	Japan	2000
BASE-001 CD	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(CDr, Album)	Base	BASE-001 CD	Japan	2000
BASE-001LP	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(LP, Ltd, Num)	Base	BASE-001LP	Japan	2000

Tracklist

A1	Walking With The Radio On	2:07
A2	Like A Moth Into A Flame	2:16
A3	When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again	2:52
A4	Wild One	2:25
A5	Run Forever	3:27
A6	Danger Signs	1:49
B1	Stab It Back	3:21
B2	Wear Your Love Like A Ball And Chain	4:48
B3	Watch Her Now	2:13
B4	Dumb Games	2:16
B5	To The Goodtimes	3:49

Credits

Bass – Bobby Collins
Drums – Ricky Goldstein
Guitar – Walter Hacon
Lead Vocals – Dave Philp
Producer – Steve Lillywhite

Notes

Comes with insert with lyrics and liner notes in Japanese.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BASE-001 CD	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(CD, Album)	Base	BASE-001 CD	Japan	2000
BASE-001 CD	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(CDr, Album)	Base	BASE-001 CD	Japan	2000
BASE-001LP	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(LP, Ltd, Num)	Base	BASE-001LP	Japan	2000
SJPCD140	Automatics	Walking With The Radio On ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Angel Air Records	SJPCD140	UK	2003

Whiteflame

Things were getting worse in 1978… Punk was not a trend of the year and maybe that was the reason, why the Island refused to release the Automatics LP, which had been recorded and (produced?) by (now) classic new-wave maestro Steve Lillywhite. Okay. I’m a big fan of punk-77 and early new wave music and listened to hundreds and thousands releases of the genre and I want to notice that this album was absolutely masterpiece! About music – a good mix of Heartbreakers (“Radio On”), early Costello (especially on slow numbers like “Ball And Chain” or “To The Goodtimes”) and Boomtown Rats (“Moth Into A Flame”), but much more fast than the originals. About mix – a fantastic work of Steve: great backing vocals, great electronic effects (even vocoders on “Stab Your Back”), all standard new-wave things are here: claps, three-chord rockers (“Danger Signs”), non-stop track mixing, slogans and so on. There are no any weak songs on the album, just the “Tanks” sounds not in a row because it’s a cut of Island single (not re-recorded version) and there is a difference in a quality (someone could say the same thing about “Watch Her Now” (the “Tanks” b-side) but Steve mixed this one with “Dumb Games”, so you don’t feel the difference). But anyway if you’re still interesting in this kind of music – welcome back in 1978 with the Automatics album! 5 stars from 5! (Sadly I didn’t listen to the LP version due to high prices on vinyl, just this CD only)