Earth vs the Wildhearts

Earth vs the Wildhearts is the debut studio album by British rock band The Wildhearts, released in 1993. The title is based on such B-movie titles as Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and Earth vs. the Spider.

Earth vs the Wildhearts
Studio album by
The Wildhearts
Released30 August 1993 (1993-08-30)
Recorded1993
GenreRock
Length49:21
Label
Producer
The Wildhearts chronology
Earth vs the Wildhearts
(1993)		 Fishing for Luckies
(1994)

The album has been reissued twice: first in 1994 with the addition of the formerly single-only track "Caffeine Bomb", and again in 2010 with several B-sides from the period.

Recording

Mick Ronson contributed one of the three guitar solos on "My Baby Is a Headfuck". This is believed to be Ronson's final appearance on record before his death on 29 April 1993. "We had the song 'My Baby Is a Headfuck' and it wasn't that great," recalled Ginger, "but we thought, 'If we can get Ronson to play a solo on it, then it'll work'… And Ronson wasn't around for very long, but I take solace in that it was the last of his recordings you got to hear… We got him to do one more take of the song because we didn't want him to stop playing. He nailed it the first time; we just wanted to listen to him."[1]

Reception and legacy
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Record Collector[3]
Select2/5[4]

Earth vs the Wildhearts was voted the best album of 1993 by Kerrang! magazine in their yearly poll. In 2006, Kerrang! rated it #20 in a special publication of the best Rock Albums. Billy Morrison of Camp Freddy and Circus Diablo states that Earth vs the Wildhearts is one of his favourite albums of all time.[5]

On the 15th anniversary of the album's release, in 2008, the Wildhearts toured, playing the original version of the album in its entirety. On its 20th anniversary, in 2013, the Wildhearts reformed for a tour in which the original version of the album was played in its entirety nightly, followed by a second set of songs chosen by the audience.[6] In 2018, the band went on a short tour playing the album in full, for its 25th anniversary.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ginger.

No.TitleLength
1."Greetings from Shitsville"4:32
2."TV Tan"4:30
3."Everlone"6:30
4."Shame on Me"3:58
5."Caffeine Bomb" (reissue only)2:39
6."Loveshit"3:57
7."The Miles Away Girl"5:37
8."My Baby Is a Headfuck"4:27
9."Suckerpunch"2:59
10."News of the World"5:49
11."Drinking About Life"2:03
12."Love U Til I Don't"5:04
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Show a Little Emotion"3:02
13."Down on London"4:39
2010 reissue bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing Ever Changes but the Shoes" (from the Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go mini-album)5:40
2."Crying Over Nothing" (from the Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go mini-album)3:50
3."Turning American" (from the Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go mini-album)6:24
4."Liberty Cap" (from the Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go mini-album)4:18
5."Splattermania" (from the Don't Be Happy... Just Worry mini-album)4:07
6."Something Weird Is Going On in My Head" (from the Don't Be Happy... Just Worry mini-album)4:51
7."Weekend (5 Long Days)" (from the Don't Be Happy... Just Worry mini-album)4:25
8."Dreaming in A" (from the Don't Be Happy... Just Worry mini-album)3:31
9."And the Bullshit Goes On" (B-side)5:23
10."Show a Little Emotion" (B-side)3:03
11."Dangerlust" (B-side)6:16
12."Down on London" (B-side)4:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[7]

The Wildhearts

Additional musicians

Production

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References
  1. Wilding, Philip (March 2011). "Ever Meet Hendrix?". Classic Rock. No. 155. p. 38.
  2. Demalon, Tom. "Earth Vs. the Wildhearts – The Wildhearts". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "The Wildhearts: Earth vs the Wildhearts". Record Collector. p. 97. The Wildhearts delivered British hard rock's best album of the 90s with their Earth vs... debut in 1993.
  4. Collis, Clark (February 1994). "The Wildhearts: Earth vs the Wildhearts". Select. No. 44. p. 78.
  5. Lindsay, Andrew (15 March 2009). "Interview: Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy)". Stereokill. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. "Earth vs The Wildhearts – 20th Anniversary Shows – Updated". TheWildhearts.com. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. Earth vs the Wildhearts (liner notes). The Wildhearts. East West Records. 1994. 4509-94859-2.CS1 maint: others (link)

Allmusic, The Wildhearts: Biography, retrieved 9 November 2008.

Darren Stockford, DO ANYTHING: The Life and Times of the Wildhearts, retrieved 9 November 2008.

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