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The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway
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  1. The Big Heat
  2. Pick It Up (And Put It in Your Pocket)
  3. Can't Stop the Show
  4. Pile Driver
  5. Walkin' Home Alone
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  1. The Big Heat
  2. Pick It Up (And Put It in Your Pocket)
  3. Can't Stop the Show
  4. Pile Driver
  5. Walkin' Home Alone
  6. Drive She Said
  7. Salesman
  8. Twisted
  9. Camouflage
  10. Rio Greyhound
  11. Stormy Side of Town
  12. Foggy River
  13. End of the Line
  14. Nadine
  15. Can't Stop the Show
  16. Drive She Said
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The Big Heat has Stan Ridgway's love of film noir and Jim Thompson-style stories splashed gaudily all over it. The album is tremendous fun, even with its dependence on synthesizers and drum-machine work, since Ridgway's cynical delivery gives everything else an edge, even in the romance-gone-wrong atmosphere of "Walkin' Home Alone." The standouts include the Ennio Morricone-influenced title track, the demented "Pile Driver," "Drive She Said," and the over-the-top Vietnam tale "Camouflage." ~ Steven McDonald, Rovi

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