File Under Rock
File Under Rock is a 1988 album by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. The album includes the song "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" which was a hit in Switzerland and New Zealand as well as "Harmless Piece of Fun" which was a minor hit in the Netherlands. The album was titled File Under Rock after years of Eddy Grant being incorrectly described as a reggae artist. In Germany, the album charted for 10 weeks reaching number 48 in 1988. The album was a larger success in New Zealand where it reached number 24 on the charts and charted for 13 weeks. In the Netherlands the album reached number 36, but was only on the charts for 4 weeks. Allmusic's Alex Henderson described the album as being mostly pop rock with slight reggae influences.
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Blue Wave Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock, reggae | |||
| Length | 38:29 | |||
| Label | Parlophone, Blue Wave | |||
| Producer | Eddy Grant | |||
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File Under Rock is a 1988 album by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. The album includes the song "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" which was a hit in Switzerland[1] and New Zealand[2] as well as "Harmless Piece of Fun" which was a minor hit in the Netherlands.[3] The album was titled File Under Rock after years of Eddy Grant being incorrectly described as a reggae artist.[4] In Germany, the album charted for 10 weeks reaching number 48 in 1988.[5] The album was a larger success in New Zealand where it reached number 24 on the charts and charted for 13 weeks.[6] In the Netherlands the album reached number 36, but was only on the charts for 4 weeks.[7] Allmusic's Alex Henderson described the album as being mostly pop rock with slight reggae influences.[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "Harmless Piece of Fun" 4:19
- "Don't Talk to Strangers" 4:05
- "Hostile Country" 4:23
- "Win or Lose" 4:20
- "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" 4:04
- "Another Riot" 4:49
- "Say Hello to Fidel" 4:42
- "Chuck (Is the King)" 4:26
- "Long As I'm Wanted By You" 4:35
- "Put a Hold On It" 4:00
Sales and certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Spain (Promusicae)[8] | Gold | 50,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna". charts.nz. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Eddy Grant - Harmless Piece of Fun (in Dutch)". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ a b "File Under Rock - Eddy Grant: Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Eddy Grant, File Under Rock (in German)". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Eddy Grant - File Under Rock". charts.nz. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Eddy Grant - File Under Rock (in Dutch)". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 923. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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