Double Trouble (Gillan album)

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Double Trouble
Studio album by Gillan
Released	1981
Recorded	Kingsway Recorders, London, UK
Genre	Rock
Length	77:06
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Smith for K.R. Productions Ltd.
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Gillan chronology
Future Shock (1981) Double Trouble (1981) Magic (1982)

Double Trouble is an album by the British rock band Gillan, released in 1981. It was released as a double album, the first disc containing studio material, and the second containing live recordings. It reached #12 in the UK charts. In 1989, Virgin re-released the album, with the same track listing, in CD format.

[edit] Track listing

Studio LP

Side 1

1. "I'll Rip Your Spine Out" - (4.30) (Gillan/McCoy/Underwood)
2. "Restless" - (3.19) (Gillan/McCoy)
3. "Men Of War" - (4.31) (Gillan/McCoy)
4. "Sunbeam" - (4.11) (Gillan/Gers/McCoy/Underwood)

Side 2

1. "Nightmare" - (3.15) (Towns)
2. "Hadely Bop Bop" - (2.50) (Gillan/McCoy)
3. "Life Goes On" - (5.12) (Gillan/Towns)
4. "Born To Kill" (9.28) (Gillan/Towns)

Live LP

Side 1

1. "No Laughing In Heaven" - (4.57) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)
2. "No Easy Way" - (10.32) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
3. "Trouble" - (3.30) (Lieber/Stoller)

Side 2

1. "Mutually Assured Destruction" - (5.02) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
2. "If You Believe Me" - (3.12) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)*
3. "New Orleans" - (4.06) (Guida/Royster)

Live tracks recorded at Reading Festival on 29 August 1981 except for * which was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre on 4 March 1981. This track is also the only one on the album which features former guitarist Bernie Tormé.

[edit] Personnel

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Janick Gers - guitar
• Colin Towns - keyboards
• John McCoy - bass guitar
• Mick Underwood - drums