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Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 (CD)

By: The Stray Cats (Artist)

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The Stray Cats Artist Snapshot:

In the early 1980s, Long Island's Stray Cats almost single-handedly renewed interest in rockabilly. The Cats were an unprecedented success, thanks to Brian Setzer's skilled fretwork and the band's retro sound and image, which stood out against MTV's rotation of new-wave hair bands. The act stormed into the top ten three times in two years with "Rock This Town," "Stray Cat Strut," and "(She's) Sexy & 17." Although the band was short-lived, Setzer emerged in the '90s as the lynchpin of yet another revivalist movement--swing--with the hugely successful Brian Setzer Orchestra.

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DISC 1 for Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 (CD) Album By The Stray Cats (Artist)
1   Rock This Town
2   Fishnet Stockings
3   Built For Speed
4   Rev It Up & Go
5   Stray Cat Strut
6   Rumble In Brighton
7   My One Desire
8   Runaway Boys
9   You Can't Hurry Love
10   Baby Blue Eyes
11   Lonely Summer Nights
12   Cruisin'
13   18 Miles From Memphis
14   Something's Wrong With My Radio
15   I Won't Stand In Your Way
16   Lucky Charm
17   Sexy + 17, (She's)
18   Lookin' Better Every Beer
19   Race With The Devil
20   I Fought The Law - (previously unreleased)
21   Blast Off
22   Bring It Back Again
23   Gene And Eddie
24   Give It To Me
25   Elvis On Velvet
 

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Title Note

The Stray Cats: Brian Setzer (vocals, guitar); Lee Rocker (bass); Slim Jim Phantom (drums).

Producers include: Dave Edmunds, The Stray Cats.

Compilation producer: Joe Pheifer.

Includes liner notes by Ira Robbins.

Offering up a bracing shot of rock & roll revivalism in the midst of the synth-loving 1980s New Wave era, the Stray Cats were utterly anachronistic and undeniably charming, a point driven home by this well-selected 25-track compilation. With its '50s greaser look and its no-frills guitar/bass/drums lineup, the Long Island, New York-based trio brought nothing particularly new to the table, but in singer/guitarist Brian Setzer, the rockabilly group had both a top-notch song stylist and a genuinely charismatic frontman, as best exemplified on the swaggering "Rock This Town" and the lusty "(She's) Sexy + 17." Other highlights of RUNAWAY BOYS include a twangy take on the Motown classic "You Can't Hurry Love" and the lovelorn "I Won't Stand in Your Way."

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