Waking Up (Topper Headon album)

Waking Up
Studio album by Topper Headon
Released	1986
Recorded	July-August 1986; Wessex Studios, London
Genre	Soul, jazz, R&B
Length	38:24
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jeremy Green, Topper Headon

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Allmusic	[1]

Waking Up is a solo album by Topper Headon best known as the drummer of The Clash. The album was released by Mercury in 1986 with a cover photograph taken by Tim White. "Leave It to Luck" was released as a single and as part of an EP.^[2] The album was dedicated to the memory of Pete Farndon.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Topper Headon, except where indicated.

1. "Leave It to Luck"
2. "I'll Give You Everything"
3. "Hope for Donna"
4. "Got to Keep on Going"
5. "Dancing"
6. "Pleasure and Pain"
7. "When You're Down"
8. "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones)
9. "Just Another Hit"
10. "Monkey on My Back"

Personnel

• Topper Headon - drums, percussion
• Martin Dobson - saxophone
• Mick Gallagher - keyboards
• Mark Graham - trombone
• Tom Harris - saxophone
• Jimmy Helms - vocals
• Jerome Rimson - bass, vocals
• Bob Tench - guitar, vocals
• Geoffrey Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. This EP included "East Versus West", "Got to Get Out of This Heat" and "Ducaine Road"