Big Wow is the second album

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 by Scottish

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 rock

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 band

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 Whiteout

Whiteout (band)

Whiteout was a short-lived UK rock group from Greenock in Scotland, who were most famous for their hit "Jackie's Racing". The band, comprising Andrew Caldwell , Paul Carroll , Eric Lindsay and Stuart Smith took their name from a slang term for the disorientating effects of alcohol...

, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music

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). Andrew Jones and Stuart Smith—who were members of Whiteout when they started out in 1994—had left the band after the release of their first full-length album, Bite It

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, in 1995. The two remaining members, Paul Carroll and Eric Lindsay, continued as a three-piece band together with a new drummer who is only named "Fudge" in the album liner notes

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Track listing

All songs written by Carroll/Lindsay

1. "Kickout" – 3:36
2. "Heaven Sent" – 3:28
3. "Selling Up" – 3:25
4. "Through All the Rain" – 5:49
5. "435" – 4:28
6. "I Don't Wanna Hear About It" – 2:28
7. "Running for Cover" – 3:34
8. "Out on the Town" – 4:43
9. "Take It with Ease" – 3:09
10. "Get Back Whatcha Give" – 3:37
11. "Back Where I Used to Be" – 5:56

The Japan

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ese edition features two additional tracks:

12. "No Money, No Honey" – 3:44
    
13. "To Carry Us Through" – 2:50

Personnel

• Paul Carroll – vocals
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  , bass
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  , piano
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  , organ
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  , acoustic guitar
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• Eric Lindsay – vocals, guitar
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• Fudge – drums (on tracks 4 and 5)

Additional personnel

• Jim McDermott – drums on all tracks except 4 and 5
• Natalie Box – strings
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   on tracks 4, 7 and 11
• Rebecca Chambers – strings on tracks 4, 7 and 11
• Antonia Fuchs – strings on tracks 4, 7 and 11
• Simon Trentham – strings on tracks 4, 7 and 11
• Gerry Hogan – pedal steel on track 7
• John Williams – mellotron
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  on track 11

Production

• Producer: Oransay Avenue
• Producer: Brian O'Shaughnessy
• Producer: Kenny Paterson (only track 1)
• Mixer: Brian O'Shaughnessy
• Engineer: Brian O'Shaughnessy
• Engineer: Kenny Paterson
• Assistant engineer: Paul Middleton
• String arrangement: Natalie Box
• Mastering: David Fisher at Waterfront
• Cover design: Embryo Graphics