Too Much Pressure

Too Much Pressure
Studio album by the Selecter
Released	15 February 1980 (1980-02-15)[1]
Recorded	December 1979 – January 1980
Studio	Horizon Studios (Coventry)
Genre	2 tone ska
Length	40:43
Label	2 Tone Records Chrysalis
Producer	Errol Ross the Selecter
The Selecter chronology
Too Much Pressure (1980) Celebrate the Bullet (1981)
Singles from Too Much Pressure
"Three Minute Hero" Released: 1980 "Missing Words" Released: 1980

Too Much Pressure is the debut studio album by the English 2 tone ska revival band the Selecter. After the band's official formation in 1979 in Coventry, following the release of a song entitled "The Selecter" by an unofficial incarnation of the band, the band's hit single "On My Radio" prompted their labels 2 Tone and Chrysalis to ask the band to record their debut album. Working with producer Errol Ross, the Selecter recorded the album at Horizon Studios over two months. The album contains original material, mostly composed by band founder and guitarist Neol Davies, as well as numerous ska and reggae cover versions, in a similar fashion to the Specials' debut album.

The album was released in February 1980 on 2 Tone records. The record was commercially successful, charting at number 5 in the United Kingdom. The record's singles, "Three Minute Hero" and "Missing Words", made the top 25 of the UK Singles Chart. The album was also critically successful, and has had lasting praise in the ensuing years. Although the band's accompanying 2 On 2 Tour with several other 2 Tone acts was fraught with violence, it also helped achieve, in part, the album's commercial success. The band performed the album live for the first time as part of its 35th anniversary tour in 2014.