Rock'n Roll Duds

1995 compilation album by The Cruel Sea
Rock'n Roll Duds
Compilation album by
The Cruel Sea
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

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

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"
  • Tony Joe White
4:39
7."Victoria's Lament"Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour1:13
8."Bohemian Rhapsody"
  • Freddie Mercury
3:07
9."Everybody's Talkin'"
  • Fred Neil
3:38
10."Cabbage Tree Creek"Perkins, Rumour, Gormly, Elliott1:57
11."Momma Killed the Chicken"
  • John Lee Hooker
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

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

Release history

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

References

  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.
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The Cruel Sea
Studio albumsCompilation albums
  • Rock'n Roll Duds
  • The Most (The Best of The Cruel Sea)
Extended plays
  • Down Below
Singles
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