Big Bang!
{{short description|1989 studio album by Fuzzbox}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Big Bang!
| type = Studio
| artist = Fuzzbox
| cover = Fuzzbox_Big_Bang!_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = 1988–89
| venue =
| studio = Sarm West Studios, London
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|dance-pop|synth-pop|art pop}}
| length =
| label = {{hlist|WEA|Geffen}}
| producer = Andy Richards
| prev_title = Bostin' Steve Austin
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Fuzz and Nonsense
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Big Bang!
| type = studio
| single1 = International Rescue
| single1date = 1989
| single2 = Pink Sunshine
| single2date = 1989
| single3 = Self!
| single3date = 1989
| single4 = Walking on Thin Ice
| single4date = 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-bang!-mw0000654194|title=Big Bang! - Fuzzbox | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Record Mirror
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Dee|first=Johnny|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-08-19-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Fuzzbox – Big Bang!|magazine=Record Mirror|date=19 August 1989|access-date=2 November 2021|page=32|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113753/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-08-19-OCR.pdf|archive-date=2 November 2021}}
}}
Big Bang! is the second album by English alternative rock group Fuzzbox, released in 1989. It includes four singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "International Rescue" (No. 11), "Pink Sunshine" (No. 14), "Self!" (featuring a guitar solo by Brian May of Queen, No. 24) and a cover of Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice" (No. 76).{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26277/weve-got-a-fuzzbox-and-were-gonna-use-it/|title=FUZZBOX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}
Big Bang! remains the final studio album by Fuzzbox; a follow-up had been planned but was shelved by their record company WEA due to the lack of success of the projected album's lead single, "Your Loss, My Gain", released in 1990. The band then broke up.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jo-dunne-member-of-the-1980s-band-weve-got-a-fuzzbox-and-were-going-to-use-it-8282865.html|title=Jo Dunne: Member of the 1980s band We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Going|date=November 6, 2012|website=The Independent}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Pink Sunshine
| note1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jo Dunne|Maggie Dunne|Vickie Perks|Liam Sternberg}}
| length1 = 3:44
| title2 = Fast Forward Futurama
| note2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|Sternberg}}
| length2 = 3:52
| title3 = Jamaican Sunrise
| note3 =
| writer3 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|Perks}}
| length3 = 4:00
| title4 = Walking on Thin Ice
| note4 =
| writer4 = Yoko Ono
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Versatile for Discos and Parties
| note5 =
| writer5 = {{hlist|Perks|Andy Richards|Sternberg}}
| length5 = 5:16
| title6 = International Rescue
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|Tina O'Neill|Perks|Sternberg}}
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = Self!
| note7 =
| writer7 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|O'Neill|Perks}}
| length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Irish Bride
| note8 =
| writer8 = {{hlist|M. Dunne|Perks}}
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Do You Know?
| note9 =
| writer9 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|Perks}}
| length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Beauty
| note10 =
| writer10 = {{hlist|J. Dunne|M. Dunne|Perks}}
| length10 = 2:43
}}
Charts and certifications
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1989) !Peak |
| {{album chart|UK|5|artist=Fuzzbox|album=Big Bang!|accessdate=3 February 2021}} |
=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Fuzzbox|title=Big Bang|type=album|award=Silver|relyear=1989|certyear=1989|access-date=7 October 2019|id=890-50-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Fuzzbox-Big-Bang/release/2785624 Big Bang!] at Discogs
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Category:We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It albums