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Released
  
1983 (1983)

Producer
  
Peter Gage

Label
  
Closer

Studio
  
Startling Studios, Ascot, Berkshire

Mean Time is the second studio album by English rock band The Barracudas, released in 1983 by record label Closer.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Grammar of Misery"
  2. "Bad News"
  3. "I Ain't No Miracle Worker"
  4. "Be My Friend Again"
  5. "Shades of Today"
  6. "Dead Skin"
  7. "Middle Class Blues"
  8. "You've Come a Long Way"
  9. "Ballad of a Liar"
  10. "When I'm Gone"
  11. "Eleventh Hour"
  12. "Hear Me Calling"

Personnel

  • Jeremy Gluck - vocals
  • Chris Wilson, Robin Wills - guitar, vocals
  • Jim Dickson - bass, vocals
  • Terry Smith - drums, percussion
  • Peter Gage - keyboards

    • Content

    Trouser Press described the album's sound as a "'60sish blend of punky pop, vintage rock'n'roll, mock Merseybeat, snarly mild psychedelia and Byrdsy 12-string folk-rock."

    Reception

    AllMusic called it "the Barracudas' masterpiece", whilst Trouser Press classed it as "wonderful".

    References

    Mean Time Wikipedia
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