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Rock'n Roll Duds

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Rock'n Roll Duds
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 1995
GenreIndie rock
Length56:23[1]
LabelRed Eye, Polydor
The Cruel Sea chronology
Three Legged Dog
(1995)
Rock'n Roll Duds
(1995)
Over Easy
(1998)

Rock'n Roll Duds (subtitled The Best of the B Sides) is the first compilation album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in November 1995 and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception

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The Canberra Times said, "If there was ever any doubt that The Cruel Sea is not just very cool, but also very "musically sound", then this collection of B-sides will erase it. The album is loosely-formatted, and a bit tongue-in-cheek. What it lacks by way of polished production it makes up for with bump and-grind blues and camp fire music."[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cool It Down"Lou Reed3:47
2."Down the Stairs Backwards"The Cruel Sea2:47
3."Delivery Man" (demo)Perkins, Rumour, Cruickshank5:23
4."Blue Dog"Cruickshank4:08
5."Moby Dick"John Bonham, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones4:10
6."High Sheriff of Calhoun Parish"4:39
7."Victoria's Lament"Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour1:13
8."Bohemian Rhapsody"3:07
9."Everybody's Talkin'"3:38
10."Cabbage Tree Creek"Perkins, Rumour, Gormly, Elliott1:57
11."Momma Killed the Chicken"2:31
12."Looks Like It's Gonna Rain"The Cruel Sea2:07
13."Manic Depression"2:42
14."Copper's Waltz"Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour2:08
15."See Ya Later"Perkins, Rumour3:47
16."Delilah"Lyrics: Traditional, Music: Perkins8:23

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 40

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia November 1995 CD Red Eye Records, Polydor Records REDCD 54, 5295002

References

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  1. ^ "Rock'n Roll Duds". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ Liz Armitage. "Kelly weather another storm". Canberra Times.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Cruel Sea – ROCK & ROLL DUDS". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 January 2019.