Too Much Pressure

Too Much Pressure
Studio album by The Selecter
Released	23 February 1980
Recorded	Horizon Studios, Coventry
Genre	Ska
Label	2 Tone Chrysalis
Producer	Errol Ross, The Selecter
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com - 4/5 - link Robert Christgau (A−) link
The Selecter chronology
Too Much Pressure (1980) Celebrate the Bullet (1981)

Too Much Pressure was the first album by British ska band The Selecter. It was released in 1980 on 2 Tone records. The album charted at # 5 in the UK.

The title track "Too Much Pressure" was featured in the film The Abyss.

LP track listing

All tracks composed by Neol Davies; except where indicated

Side one

1. "Three Minute Hero" - 3.00
2. "Everyday" (Norman Petty, Glen Hardin) - 3.10
3. "They Make Me Mad" (Pauline Black, Desmond Brown) - 2.47
4. "Missing Words" - 3.22
5. "Danger" (Selecter) - 2.38
6. "Street Feeling" - 3.11
7. "My Collie (Not A Dog)" (Robert Spencer, Johnny Roberts) - 2.45

Side two

1. "Too Much Pressure" - 3.48
2. "Murder" (Leon & Owen) - 2.39
3. "Out On The Streets" - 3.28
4. "Carry Go Bring Come" (Justin Hinds) - 3.02
5. "Black and Blue" (Pauline Black) - 3.17
6. "James Bond" (Monty Norman) - 2.16

Covers

Five of the tracks on this album are cover versions. "Everyday" is a Buddy Holly hit that had also been covered by The Pioneers. "My Collie (Not A Dog)" is a version of Millie's "My Boy Lollipop" rewritten to be about cannabis. "Murder" was originally recorded by Owen Gray and "Carry Go Bring Come" by Justin Hinds. "James Bond" is a recording of the classic James Bond theme by Monty Norman.

Design

The album cover design is by the artist David Storey.

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