No. 10, Upping St.

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

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