Rock'n Roll Duds
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rock'n Roll Duds
| type = compilation
| artist = The Cruel Sea
| cover = Rock'n_Roll_Duds_by_The_Cruel_Sea.png
| alt =
| released = November 1995
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = 56:23{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-n-roll-duds-mw0001140080|title=Rock'n Roll Duds|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=8 January 2019}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Three Legged Dog
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Over Easy
| next_year = 1998
| misc = }}
Rock'n Roll Duds (subtitled The Best of the B Sides) is the first compilation album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in November 1995 and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts.
Reception
The Canberra Times said, "If there was ever any doubt that The Cruel Sea is not just very cool, but also very "musically sound", then this collection of B-sides will erase it. The album is loosely-formatted, and a bit tongue-in-cheek. What it lacks by way of polished production it makes up for with bump and-grind blues and camp fire music."{{cite news| work= Canberra Times | title=Kelly weather another storm|author=Liz Armitage | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130573306?}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| headline =
| title1 = Cool It Down
| writer1 = Lou Reed
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = Down the Stairs Backwards
| writer2 = The Cruel Sea
| length2 = 2:47
| title3 = Delivery Man
| note3 = demo
| writer3 = Perkins, Rumour, Cruickshank
| length3 = 5:23
| title4 = Blue Dog
| writer4 = Cruickshank
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = Moby Dick
| writer5 = John Bonham, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones
| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = High Sheriff of Calhoun Parish
| writer6 = {{hlist|Tony Joe White}}
| length6 = 4:39
| title7 = Victoria's Lament
| writer7 = Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour
| length7 = 1:13
| title8 = Bohemian Rhapsody
| writer8 = {{hlist|Freddie Mercury}}
| length8 = 3:07
| title9 = Everybody's Talkin'
| writer9 = {{hlist|Fred Neil}}
| length9 = 3:38
| title10 = Cabbage Tree Creek
| writer10 = Perkins, Rumour, Gormly, Elliott
| length10 = 1:57
| title11 = Momma Killed the Chicken
| writer11 = {{hlist|John Lee Hooker}}
| length11 = 2:31
| title12 = Looks Like It's Gonna Rain
| writer12 = The Cruel Sea
| length12 = 2:07
| title13 = Manic Depression
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jimi Hendrix}}
| length13 = 2:42
| title14 = Copper's Waltz
| writer14 = Elliott, Gormly, Cruickshank, Rumour
| length14 = 2:08
| title15 = See Ya Later
| writer15 = Perkins, Rumour
| length15 = 3:47
| title16 = Delilah
| writer16 = Lyrics: Traditional, Music: Perkins
| length16 = 8:23
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
!scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"{{albumchart|Australia|40|artist=The Cruel Sea|album=ROCK & ROLL DUDS|accessdate=8 January 2019|refname="ARIA Chart"}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Catalogue |
|---|
| rowspan="1"| Australia
| November 1995 |CD |rowspan="1"| Red Eye Records, Polydor Records | REDCD 54, 5295002 |
References
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{{The Cruel Sea (band)}}
Category:1995 compilation albums
Category:The Cruel Sea (band) albums