Seven Days in Sammystown

Seven Days in Sammystown is the third studio album by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1985. This was the first Wall of Voodoo album to include Andy Prieboy on vocals and Ned Leukhardt on drums. It includes their cover version of "Dark as a Dungeon". The album reached #50 on the Australian charts. The track "Far Side of Crazy" is featured in the 1985 movie Head Office.

Seven Days in Sammystown
Studio album by
Wall of Voodoo
Released1985
Recorded1985
GenreNew wave
Length43:44
LabelIRS
ProducerIan Broudie
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Call of the West
(1983)		 Seven Days in Sammystown
(1985)		 Happy Planet
(1987)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Allmusic's retrospective review judged the album's biggest flaw to be that the band was still presenting themselves as Wall of Voodoo, even without the distinctive presences of Joe Nanini and Stan Ridgway. They cited "Business of Love" and "Big City" as examples of failed attempts to imitate the original band, while declaring "Far Side of Crazy," "Room With a View," "Dark as a Dungeon," and "(Don't Spill My) Courage" to all be exceptional tracks which sounded little like the Nanini/Ridgway lineup.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Far Side of Crazy" (A. Prieboy) - 3: 55
  2. "This Business of Love" (C.T. Gray) - 4:25
  3. "Faded Love" (B. Wills, J. Wills) - :40
  4. "Mona" (B. Moreland) - 4:55
  5. "Room With a View" (A. Prieboy) - 2:47
  6. "Blackboard Sky" (A. Prieboy) - 4:37
  7. "Big City" (C.T. Gray, M. Moreland, B. Moreland) - 4:20
  8. "Dark as a Dungeon" (M. Travis) - 4:40
  9. "Museums" (M. Moreland) - 4:21
  10. "Tragic Vaudeville" (B. Moreland) - 3:25
  11. "(Don't Spill My) Courage" (C.T. Gray, M. Moreland) - 4:15

The original LP sleeve contains three errors: "This Business of Love" is listed as "Business of Love", "Dark as a Dungeon" is listed as "Dark as the Dungeon", and "Faded Love" is not listed at all. The correct track listing appears on the LP's label, CD and Cassette. Although the "Dark as the Dungeon" error can appear on some MP3 listings.

Seven Days in Sammystown was released on CD in 1989 by MCA Records (USA) on the IRS label and by EMI Records (Australia). It was also remastered and re-released as part of a double CD set with Happy Planet and The Ugly Americans in Australia, by Australian reissue label Raven Records in 2012. [2]

Personnel
Wall of Voodoo
Production personnel
  • Ian Broudie - producer
  • Peter Hammond - remixing
  • Scott Lindgren - photography
  • Gil Norton - engineer
  • John Parish - percussion on "Far Side of Crazy" and "Museums"
  • Dave Powell - engineer
  • Ray Roberts - art direction, paintings
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References
  1. Seven Days in Sammystown at AllMusic
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-11-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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