Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow

Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow
EP by The Saints
Released March 1980 (1980-03)
Recorded London, 1980
Label
  • Lost/EMI
  • New Rose
Producer L. Lambert
The Saints chronology
Prehistoric Sounds
(1979)		 Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow (EP)
(1980)		 'The Monkey Puzzle
(1980)

Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow is an 7" extended play released in March 1980 by Australian Punk band The Saints.[1][2] It was produced by the group's singer-guitarist, Chris Bailey using the pseudonym L. Lambert.[1][2] It is their first release after founding guitarist, Ed Kuepper, had left the band.[1][2] The Saints line-up for the EP was Chris Bailey on lead vocals and guitar; C. Barrington on guitar; Cub Calloway on guitar; Ivor Hay on drums; and Janine Hall on bass guitar.[3] A 12" version with an additional track, "Miss Wonderful", was issued on the French label, New Rose.[2]

Reception

Clinton Walker described Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow as, "shambolic in the extreme, but still possessed of a certain spark."[4] Australian musician, Paul Kelly remembered that he had "cottoned onto The Saints around the time of Prehistoric Sounds, their third album. Paralytic Tonight is a four track EP that came not long after. I played it over and over again in a flat on Punt Road. This was their great middle period."[5] AllMusic's Mark Deming rated it as three-and-a-half stars out of five and explained, "While these four songs (or five, depending on which version you buy) are tougher and more rock-oriented than the albums that would soon follow from Bailey's edition of the group, they're still a far cry from the breakneck fury of (I'm) Stranded or Eternally Yours."[6]

Track listing

The back cover to the Australian release.

Australian release

Side A

  1. "Simple Love" (Chris Bailey) – (3:45)
  2. "(Don't send me) Roses" (Bailey) – (3:50)

Side B

  1. "On the Waterfront" (Bailey) – (3:20)
  2. "Call It Mine" (Bailey) – (4:50)

French release

Side A

  1. "Simple Love" (Bailey) – (3:40)
  2. "(Don't send me) Roses" (Bailey) – (5:22)
  3. "Miss Wonderful" (Bailey) – (4:20)

Side B

  1. "On the Waterfront" (Bailey) – (3:18)
  2. "Call It Mine" (Bailey) – (4:52)
The back cover to the French release.

References

  1. 1 2 3 McFarlane, 'The Saints' entry. Archived from the original on 9 October 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Holmgren, Magnus. "The Saints". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 8 January 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Saints (1980), Paralytic tonight, Dublin tomorrow, Lost Records (EMI), retrieved 2 May 2016
  4. ↑ Clinton Walker (1996). Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977–1991. Pan MacMillan. p. 78. ISBN 0-7329-0883-3.
  5. ↑ Kelly, Paul (20 April 1998). "The A-Z of Australian Pop". The Australian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via Paul Kelly Official Website.
  6. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow – The Saints". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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