Crashes is the second album by the British power pop band the Records, released in 1980 by Virgin Records.

Crashes
Studio album by
Released13 June 1980 (1980-06-13)
Recorded1979–80
StudioAIR Studios, London
Townhouse Studios, London
GenrePower pop
Length35:30
LabelVirgin
ProducerCraig Leon, Mick Glossop
The Records chronology
Shades in Bed
(1979)
Crashes
(1980)
Music on Both Sides
(1982)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Smash Hits7½/10[2]

Crashes did not chart in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 album chart at number 204.[3] Rolling Stone published a favourable review of the album upon its initial release.[4]

Retrospectively, Trouser Press called the album a "passable, but hardly a great follow-up" to Shades in Bed.[5]

Track listing

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All songs written by Will Birch and John Wicks except where noted.

UK release

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Side one
  1. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:02
  2. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
  3. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:35
  4. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Richie Bull) – 2:46
  5. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
Side two
  1. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:43
  2. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:10
  3. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:45
  4. "The Worriers" – 3:25
  5. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:05

US release

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Side one
  1. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:47
  2. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:52
  3. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:47
  4. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:38
  5. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:20
Side two
  1. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:09
  2. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:06
  3. "The Worriers" – 3:29
  4. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:15
  5. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:08

2004 CD release

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  1. "Hearts in Her Eyes" – 3:21
  2. "Girl in Golden Disc" – 3:44
  3. "Rumour Sets the Woods Alight" – 3:04
  4. "I Don't Remember Your Name" – 3:33
  5. "The Same Mistakes" – 4:12
  6. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (Birch, Bull) – 2:48
  7. "Hearts Will Be Broken" – 3:48
  8. "Spent a Week with You Last Night" – 3:11
  9. "The Worriers" – 3:28
  10. "Guitars in the Sky" – 4:14
  11. "Injury Time" – 3:08
  12. "Vamp" – 3:11
  13. "So Sorry" – 2:50
  14. "Faces at the Window" – 3:39
  15. "The Same Mistakes" (1979) - 4:00
  16. "Man with a Girlproof Heart" (1979) (Birch, Bull) – 3:02

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Schnee, Steve "Spaz". "Crashes – The Records". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ Hepworth, David (26 June – 9 July 1980). "The Records: Crashes". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 13. p. 31.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 367. ISBN 0-89820-128-4.
  4. ^ De Matteis, J. M. (30 October 1980). "The Records: Crashes". Rolling Stone. No. 329. p. 54.
  5. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Records". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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