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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—following the departure of frontman Stan Ridgway and percussionist Joe Nanini—and also features the return of original bassist Bruce Moreland. It includes their cover version of Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon". The track "Far Side of Crazy" is featured in the 1985 movie Head Office. The album reached No. 50 on the Australian charts.[1]

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Seven Days in Sammystown
Studio album by Wall of Voodoo
Released	1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	Amazon (Liverpool) Konk (London)
Genre	New wave
Length	43:44
Label	I.R.S.
Producer	Ian Broudie
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Call of the West (1983) Seven Days in Sammystown (1985) Happy Planet (1987)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Rudyard Kennedy judged the album's biggest flaw as retaining the Wall of Voodoo without the distinctive presences of Ridgway and Nanini. Kennedy 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 highlights.[2]

Reissues

Seven Days in Sammystown was released on CD in 1989 by MCA Records (USA) on the IRS label and by EMI Records (Australia). In 2012, the album was remastered and re-released by Australian reissue label Raven Records as part of a double CD set with successive album Happy Planet, live album The Ugly Americans in Australia and three non album bonus tracks.[3]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Far Side of Crazy" (Andy Prieboy) – 3:55
2. "This Business of Love" (Chas T. Gray) – 4:25
3. "Faded Love" (Bob Wills, John Wills) – :40
4. "Mona" (Bruce Moreland) – 4:55
5. "Room With a View" (Prieboy) – 2:47
6. "Blackboard Sky" (Prieboy) – 4:37

Side two

1. "Big City" (Gray, Marc Moreland, B. Moreland) – 4:20
2. "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) – 4:40
3. "Museums" (M. Moreland) – 4:21
4. "Tragic Vaudeville" (B. Moreland) – 3:25
5. "(Don't Spill My) Courage" (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, as well as the CD and cassette, although the "Dark as the Dungeon" error can appear on some MP3 listings.

Personnel

Wall of Voodoo

• Chas T. Gray – keyboards, vocal backing
• Bruce Moreland – bass, keyboards
• Andy Prieboy – vocals, keyboards
• Ned Leukhardt – drums, percussion
• Marc Moreland – guitars

Additional musician

• John Parrish – additional percussion ("Museums", "Far Side of Crazy")

Technical

• Ian Broudie – producer
• Pete Hammond – remixing ("Far Side of Crazy")
• Gil Norton – engineer
• Dave Powell – engineer
• Ray Roberts – cover painting
• Scott Lindgren – photography

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1]	50

References

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