No. 10, Upping St.

Studio album by Big Audio Dynamite

Released

October 1986

Genre

Alternative dance

Length

59:18

Label

CBS

Producer

Mick Jones & Joe Strummer

Big Audio Dynamite chronology

This Is Big Audio Dynamite
(1985)

No. 10 Upping St.
(1986)

Tighten Up, Vol. 88
(1988)

Singles from No. 10, Upping St.

"C'mon Every Beatbox" b/w "Badrock City"
"V. Thirteen (Remix)" b/w "Hollywood Boulevard (Remix)"
"Sightsee M.C!" b/w "Another One Rides The Bus"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

No. 10, Upping St. (a pun on 10 Downing St., the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), is the second album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones. It was released in 1986 and was co-written and co-produced with Joe Strummer.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"C'mon Every Beatbox"	Jones, Letts	5:26
2.	"Beyond the Pale"	Strummer, Jones	4:41
3.	"Limbo the Law"	Strummer, Jones, Donovan	4:44
4.	"Sambadrome"	Jones, Letts	4:48

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"V. Thirteen"	Strummer, Jones	4:54
6.	"Ticket"	Strummer, Jones, Letts, Roberts	3:28
7.	"Hollywood Boulevard"	Jones, Letts	4:29
8.	"Dial a Hitman"	Jones, Letts	5:04
9.	"Sightsee M.C!"	Strummer, Jones	4:55

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Ice Cool Killer" (bonus track on the UK and US CD)	Strummer, Jones, Donovan	5:33
11.	"The Big V" (bonus track on the UK and US CD)	Strummer, Jones, Donovan	4:48
12.	"Badrock City" (bonus track on the US CD)	Jones, Letts	7:00

Notes

"Dial A Hitman" contains a spoken-word outro attributed to Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne (and with a reference to Jim Jarmusch)^[2]
"C'mon Every Beatbox" was remixed and released in the US as "Badrock City"
"C'mon Every Beatbox", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C!" were all released as singles in the UK
"C'mon Every Beatbox" contains a sample from the film, "The Harder They Come the Harder They Fall" (1973)
"Sambadrome" contains some samples from Brazilian football commentator Osmar Santos
"Ice Cool Killer" is an instrumental version of "Limbo The Law"
"The Big V" is an instrumental version of "V. Thirteen"
"Badrock City" is an instrumental version of "C'mon Every Beatbox"
"V. Thirteen" is named for the territorial tags drawn by members of Venice 13 (V13) is a Mexican American street gang based in the Oakwood (aka "Ghost Town") neighborhood of Venice, a section of Los Angeles, California, with a substantial presence in East Venice as well as the Culver City/Los Angeles border, especially around Washington Blvd.

Personnel

Mick Jones - vocals, guitar, producer
Don Letts - vocals, effects
Dan Donovan - keyboards, vocals, photography, artwork
Leo Williams - bass, vocals
Greg Roberts - drums, vocals
Joe Strummer - producer
Matt Dillon - dialog
Laurence Fishburne - dialog
Sipho Josanna - human beatbox
Sam Sever - remixing, beats
Chep Nuñez - editing
Paul Smykle - engineer
Mark "Spike" Stent - assistant
Josh Cheuse - photography

The cover painting, based on a still taken from the Brian de Palma film Scarface was painted by Tim Jones.

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Ruhlmann, William. Review: No. 10, Upping St.. Allmusic. Retrieved on 9 April 2010.
↑ "BAD Samples". Retrieved 24 December 2011.

Big Audio Dynamite

Mick Jones Don Letts Dan Donovan Leo Williams Greg Roberts Nick Hawkins Gary Stonadge Chris Kavanagh Andre Shapps Michael 'Zonka' Custance Darryl Fulstow Bob Wond Ranking Roger

Studio albums	This Is Big Audio Dynamite No. 10, Upping St. Tighten Up Vol. 88 Megatop Phoenix Kool-Aid The Globe Higher Power F-Punk Entering a New Ride

Live albums	Ally Pally Paradiso On the Road Live '92

Compilation albums	The Lost Treasure of Big Audio Dynamite I & II Looking for a Song Planet B.A.D. Super Hits Big Audio Dynamite I & II Original Album Classics The Best of Big Audio Dynamite

Singles	"The Bottom Line" "E=MC2" "Medicine Show" "C'Mon Everybody Beatbox" "V. Thirteen" "Sightsee M.C." "Just Play Music!" "Other 99" "James Brown" "Contact" "Free" "Rush" "The Globe" "Innocent Child" "Looking for a Song" "I Turned Out a Punk" "Sunday Best"

Record articles	The Clash The Beat London SS Dreadzone General Public Zoo TV Tour

Related	Discography

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