The Ugly Americans in Australia
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The Ugly Americans in Australia was a live album by the Los Angeles
new wave
band Wall of Voodoo
, recorded in 1988 to fulfill their record contract with I.R.S. Records.
Los Ángeles
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new wave
New Wave music
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band Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo
Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.-Formation:...
, recorded in 1988 to fulfill their record contract with I.R.S. Records.
Original LP track listing
- "Red Light" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 3:45
- "Crazy, Crazy Melbourne" (Jim Field, Prieboy) – 0:53
- "Wrong Way to Hollywood" (Gray, Jim Field, Prieboy) - 4:37
- "Living in the Red" (Gray, Prieboy) - 3:50
- "Blackboard Sky" (Prieboy) - 4:45
- "The Heart Can Never Tell" (Gray, Leukhardt, Moreland, Moreland) - 4:35
- "Far Side of Crazy" (Prieboy) - 4:17
- "Ring of FireRing of Fire (song)"Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...
" (June Cash, Merle KilgoreMerle KilgoreWyatt Merle Kilgore was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.-Early life:Although born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was the son of Wyatt and Gladys B. Kilgore...
) - 5:47 - "Mexican RadioMexican Radio"Mexican Radio" is a song written and performed by the band Wall of Voodoo, and produced by Richard Mazda. The track was initially made commercially available on their 1983 album Call of the West. The song peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S...
" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 4:44
Original CD track listing
- "Red Light" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 3:45
- "Crazy, Crazy Melbourne" (Mason, Prieboy) – 0:53
- "Wrong Way to Hollywood" (Gray, Moreland, Prieboy) - 4:37
- "Living in the Red" (Gray, Prieboy) - 3:50
- "Blackboard Sky" (Prieboy) - 4:45
- "Pretty Boy Floyd" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 5:19
- "The Heart Can Never Tell" (Gray, Leukhardt, Moreland, Moreland) - 4:35
- "Far Side of Crazy" (Prieboy) - 4:17
- "Ring of Fire" (Cash, Kilgore) - 5:47
- "Mexican Radio" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 4:44
- "The Grass is Greener" (Wall Of Voodoo) - 4:40