Forging Ahead
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Forging Ahead is the fourth album by Bad Manners
from the year 1982. It was the group's last album on Magnet Records. The picture sleeve to the right, is of the American edition of the album that was released two years later in 1984, with a slightly different track list to the official UK issue.
Bad Manners
Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...
from the year 1982. It was the group's last album on Magnet Records. The picture sleeve to the right, is of the American edition of the album that was released two years later in 1984, with a slightly different track list to the official UK issue.
American Track listing
- All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.
- "That'll Do Nicely" - 2:52
- "Salad Bar" - 2:51
- "Tonight Is Your Night" - 3:25
- "Samson and Delilah (Biblical Version)" - 5:18
- "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) - 2:45
- "Got No Brains" - 3:48
- "My Girl LollipopMy Boy Lollipop"My Boy Lollipop" is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in New York in 1956 by Barbie Gaye...
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/Johnny Roberts) - 4:59 - "Falling Out of Love" - 3:23
- "Seventh Heaven" - 3:28
- "Educating Marmalade" - 3:16
- "What's Up Crazy Pup" (Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
) - 1:56 - "Your" - 3:49
- 2011 Bonus Tracks
- "Psychedelic Eric" - 3:37
- "Flashpoint" - 3:47
- "Ben E. Wriggle (Remix)" - 6:06
- "My Girl Lollipop (Single Version)" - 2:45
- "Samson And Delilah (Single Version)" - 3:32
- "Good Honest Man" - 2:12
- "Your (Instrumental Version)" - 3:27
- "That'll Do Nicely" - 2:52
- "Monster Love (Dub)" - 2:58
- "That'll Do Nicely (Express Version)" - 4:49
Personnel
- Buster BloodvesselBuster BloodvesselDouglas Trendle , better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer and the frontman of the ska revival band Bad Manners...
- Lead Vocals - Louis Alphonso - Guitar
- David Farren - Bass
- Martin Stewart - Keyboards
- Brian Tuitt - Drums
- Chris Kane - Tenor Saxophone
- Andrew Marson - Alto Saxophone, Banjo
- Paul "Gus" Hyman - Trumpet
- Winston Bazoomies - Harmonica, Backing Vocals
- Roger Lomas - Producer
- Ted Sharp - Engineer
- Recorded at Rockfield StudiosRockfield StudiosRockfield Studios, near Monmouth in Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings have been made.-History:...
, Monmouth, Wales