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| Big Smash! | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Stiff Records | |||
| Producer | Bazza | |||
| Wreckless Eric chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| Record Mirror | [3] |
| Smash Hits | 8/10[4] |
Big Smash! is the third album by the British musician Wreckless Eric.[6] It was released as a double LP (SEEZ 21) and as a cassette (ZSEES 21) on 29 February 1980.
While the first LP comprised new material, the extra LP was the U.S.-only compilation album The Whole Wide World. Big Smash! was re-issued as a 2-CD set in 2007 with 3 bonus tracks (CDSEEZ 21).[7]
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Wreckless Eric—Big Smash! review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1997. ISBN 978-0-85-712595-8.
- ^ Nicholls, Mike (1 March 1980). "25 Goulden Greats". Record Mirror. p. 15.
- ^ Cranna, Ian. "Wreckless Eric: Big Smash". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Consumer Guide '80s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 067973015X. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Wreckless Eric". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Official Stiff discography at stiff-records.com