Scared to Dance

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Scared to Dance
Studio album by The Skids
Released	1979
Recorded	Air Studios, London. 1978
Genre	Punk rock
Length	??:??
Label	Virgin
Producer	David Batchelor
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The Skids chronology
Scared to Dance (1979) Days in Europa (1979)

Scared to Dance was the debut album by the Scottish art-punk band The Skids and reached number 19 in the UK album chart in March 1979. The album was produced by David Batchelor and engineered by Mick Glossop. Scared to Dance was the first album to feature Stuart Adamson's 'bagpipe guitar', which would be the trademark of his later band, Big Country. This combined with Richard Jobson's highly distinctive singing style set it apart from many of the other punk albums of the period.

Contents 1 Singles 2 Track listing 3 Rerelease bonus tracks 4 Personnel

[edit] Singles

The biggest hit from the album was Into the Valley, which became The Skids' best known song, and was adopted and sung by fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C., the band's local football team, as well as Charlton Athletic F.C. in England whose ground is known as "The Valley".

The song The Saints are Coming, a minor hit at the time, would later be re-recorded as a charity single by Green Day and U2.

As with their next album, Days in Europa also released in 1979, anti-war themes were frequently used. There are also a great deal of references in singer Richard Jobson's lyrics to the band's home region in Scotland. They are usually notoriously difficult to follow because of his diction.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Into the Valley"
2. "Scared to Dance"
3. "Of One Skin"
4. "Dossier (of Fallibility)"
5. "Melancholy Soldiers"
6. "Hope and Glory"
7. "The Saints Are Coming"
8. "Six Times"
9. "Calling the Tune"
10. "Integral Plot"
11. "Charles"
12. "Scale"

[edit] Rerelease bonus tracks

1. "Sweet Suburbia"
2. "Open Sound"
3. "TV Stars"
4. " Night and Day"
5. "Contusion"
6. "Reasons"
7. "Test Tube Babies"

[edit] Personnel

• Richard Jobson — vocals / guitar
• Stuart Adamson — guitars / vocals
• William Simpson — bass guitar / vocals
• Thomas Kellichan — drums

With:

• Chris Jenkins — guitar
• David Batchelor — keyboards