Mean Time

For other uses, see Meantime.
Mean Time
Studio album by The Barracudas
Released 1983 (1983)
Studio Startling Studios, Ascot, Berkshire
Label Closer
Producer Peter Gage
The Barracudas chronology
Drop Out with The Barracudas
(1981)		 Mean Time
(1983)

Mean Time is the second studio album by English rock band The Barracudas, released in 1983 by record label Closer.

Track listing

  1. "Grammar of Misery"
  2. "Bad News"
  3. "I Ain't No Miracle Worker"
  4. "Be My Friend Again"
  5. "Shades of Today"
  6. "Dead Skin"
  7. "Middle Class Blues"
  8. "You've Come a Long Way"
  9. "Ballad of a Liar"
  10. "When I'm Gone"
  11. "Eleventh Hour"
  12. "Hear Me Calling"

Personnel

Content

Trouser Press described the album's sound as a "'60sish blend of punky pop, vintage rock'n'roll, mock Merseybeat, snarly mild psychedelia and Byrdsy 12-string folk-rock."[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Trouser Pressfavourable[1]

AllMusic called it "the Barracudas' masterpiece", whilst Trouser Press classed it as "wonderful".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Young, Jon; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Barracuas". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ginsberg, Geoff. "Mean Time – The Barracudas | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2016.


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