Waking Up (Topper Headon album)

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Waking Up

Studio album by Topper Headon
Released	1986 (1986)
Recorded	July–August 1986
Studio	Wessex, London
Genre	Soul, jazz, R&B
Length	38:24
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jeremy Green, Topper Headon

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Waking Up is the debut 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.

"Leave It to Luck"
"I'll Give You Everything"
"Hope for Donna"
"Got to Keep on Going"
"Dancing"
"Pleasure and Pain"
"When You're Down"
"Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr.)
"Just Another Hit"
"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
Robert Johnson - guitar on ("Just Another Hit")

Notes

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

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