Nothing Wrong, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are a rock band that were formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.- History :The band was formed by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown...

's third album, released in 1988, was their first LP on major label Beggars Banquet

Beggars Banquet Records

Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...

 off-shoot Situation Two

Situation Two

Situation Two, aka Situation 2, was a record label created in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the larger Beggars Banquet label. At the time, Beggars Banquet records were distributed by WEA Records; so, to appeal to the indie audience and to get releases into the indie charts, the Situation Two...

 in the UK; in the US it was released via Beggars Banquet/RCA

RCA

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. The US version included two bonus track

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s, the UK single "Open Up" (previously chosen by New Musical Express as a Single of the Week) and B-Side "The Rise". The album's title track and "Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)" were issued as singles in the UK. Nothing Wrong featured some occasional audio excerpts from Sir Laurens Van Der Post

Laurens van der Post

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's BBC

BBC

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 television series documentary "Testament To A Bushmen" (stills from which also served as the source of the album's front and back covers). The album also included a bizarre and unrecognizable version of Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

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 "Time Is Tight".

Track listing

1. "Nothing Wrong" – 2:37
2. "Open Up" – 3:26
3. "Hands Off Me" – 2:31
4. "Big Stick" – 2:39
5. "She Said" – 2:53
6. "Sayonara" – 3:32
7. "World Around" – 2:18
8. "Hard-Away" – 2:40
9. "The Rise" – 2:46
10. "Only Dreaming" (Wide Awake) – 4:24
11. "Do You Understand?" – 2:18
12. "Never Know" – 3:29
13. "Pushing On" – 2:50
14. "Time Is Tight" – :52

All tracks were written by Chris Reed (Lyrics) and Reed/Dave Wolfenden/Leon Phillips (Music), except for "Time Is Tight", written by Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...

/Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...

/Donald Dunn/Al Jackson.

Personnel

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are a rock band that were formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.- History :The band was formed by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown...

 were:

• Chris Reed - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , keyboards
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• David "Wolfie" Wolfenden - guitar
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• Leon Phillips - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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