| Baby's Got a Gun |  | Artist: The Only Ones
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Buy New: $20.98
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 682376
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 886973174920
EAN: 0886973174920
ASIN: B0018CWW78
Release Date: August 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Happy Pilgrim | | • | Why Don't You Kill Yourself? | | • | Me and My Shadow | | • | Deadly Nightshade | | • | Big Sleep | | • | Oh Lucinda | | • | Re Union | | • | Trouble in the World | | • | Castle Built on Sand | | • | Fools | | • | Strange Mouth | | • | My Way Out of Here |
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Album Description
2008 digitally remastered edition of the Punk/Alternative band's third and final album, originally released in 1980. Though they were more like a scuzzy, whacked-out New Wave or Pop/Rock band, The Only Ones have been linked to the Punk scene since their 1978 debut. Led by singer/songwriter Peter Perrett, the band curiously featured former Spooky Tooth drummer Mike Kellie amongst their line-up! Their sound was a mixture of basic, stripped down Rock and New York Dolls-style swagger. 12 tracks including 'Me And My Shadow', 'Why Don't You Kill Yourself', 'Big Sleep' and more. Sony/BMG.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Needs a domestic reissue November 19, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Conventional wisdom says that "Baby's Got A Gun" is the weakest of the three Only Ones studio albums, and it does have the most filler of any of them. But there are spectacular highs here, such as "Why Don't You Kill Yourself?" "Me and My Shadow," "Oh Lucinda," and best of all, "The Big Sleep." The album's sound is the cleanest the Only Ones ever enjoyed (or maybe hated?--the album was produced by Colin Thurston, who later produced Duran Duran), at times erring on the side of antiseptic thinness--a little more volume on the guitars would have been nice, although the crisply recorded rhythm section is appreciated. But despite the band's rapid breakdown into personal animosity and drug abuse, they still play great here. The first side is consistently fine, containing three of the great tracks mentioned previously and some other good ones; side two is mostly minor tracks or throwaways. "My Way Out of Here" has a Buddy Holly-type beat and was written by Alan Mair, and I can't tell if it's him singing part of it, all of it, or it's Perrett singing entirely out of character. "Fools" is a country cover sung as a duet with Pauline Murray (remember Penetration?). Only "Re-Union" and "The Big Sleep" really register as strong Only Ones tracks. Obviously, Perrett was running a bit short on songs by this album; as most of the best tracks here had been in the live set for awhile. Still, any Only Ones fan won't want to miss this, and a remastered U.S. version with bonus tracks (how about the title song that wasn't released on the album?) would be much appreciated.
 I DON`T AGREE September 13, 2005
HOTEMETOOT (HOLLAND)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don`t agree Baby`s Got a Gun as being the worse album.
For me and others it`s the best album made by The Only Ones.
This is the most melodic and it got emotions.
No more punk, but great emotional rock/new wave music where you can here someone showing his emotianal problems and shares them with the world.
I own it for 25 years now and it`s still one of my most favourite albums.
So, no I don`t agree.
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