Drop Everything
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Drop Everything is a 1985 album by Polish rock band Lady Pank
Lady Pank
Lady Pank is a popular Polish rock band, started in 1981 in Warsaw by Jan Borysewicz and Andrzej Mogielnicki. Its first hit was "Mała Lady Punk" ....

. The record was the first and the only album the band recorded in English and was aimed at international markets, being released in USA, UK, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. Drop Everything was also released in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 through a Polish record company called Klub Płytowy Razem.

All song featured on the album were originally released in 1983 on the bands debut album Lady Pank
Lady Pank (album)
-Personnel:*Jan Borysewicz – lead guitar, guitar, vocal, music*Janusz Panasewicz – vocal*Edmund Stasiak – guitar*Paweł Mścisławski – bass guitar*Jarosław Szlagowski – drums*Andrzej Mogielnicki – lyrics-Release history:...

. Drop Everything features original instrumental tracks from Lady Panks debut effort with the original vocal tracks replaced by a rerecorded English version.

A music video for "Minus Zero" was made. The video was shot in Jersey City, New Jersey
New Jersey
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 and is the first music video by a Polish artist to ever appear on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

.

Track listing

All songs written by Jan Borysewicz, with original lyrics written by Andrzej Mogielnicki. English lyrics written/translated by Tom Wachtel
  1. "Minus Zero"
  2. "Hustler"
  3. "Hero"
  4. "The Zoo That Has No Keeper"
  5. "Be Good"
  6. "Do, Do"
  7. "Someone's Round the Corner"
  8. "Disturbance of the Order" (instrumental)
  9. "Stranger"
  10. "My Kilimanjaro"

Personnel

  • Jan Borysewicz
    Jan Borysewicz
    Jan Borysewicz is the co-founder and guitar player for Lady Pank, a Polish rock band and composes most of their music.In the 1970s, Borysewicz played for Izabela Trojanowska and Budka Suflera...

    - lead guitar, lead vocal on "Stranger"
  • Janusz Panasewicz — lead vocals
  • Edmund Stasiak — rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Do, Do"
  • Paweł Mścisławski — bass
  • Jarosław Szlagowski — drums
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