Mean Time


Mean Time is the second studio album by English rock band The Barracudas, released in 1983 by record label Closer.

Track listing

  1. "Grammar of Misery"
  2. "Bad News"
  3. "I Ain't No Miracle Worker"
  4. "Be My Friend Again"
  5. "Shades of Today"
  6. "Dead Skin"
  7. "Middle Class Blues"
  8. "You've Come a Long Way"
  9. "Ballad of a Liar"
  10. "When I'm Gone"
  11. "Eleventh Hour"
  12. "Hear Me Calling"

    Personnel

Trouser Press described the album's sound as a "'60sish blend of punky pop, vintage rock'n'roll, mock Merseybeat, snarly mild psychedelia and Byrdsy 12-string folk-rock."

Reception

called it "the Barracudas' masterpiece", whilst Trouser Press classed it as "wonderful".