999 (album)

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1978 studio album by 999

999

Studio album by

999

Released| March 1978 (1978-03)
Recorded| 1977
Studio| Olympic Studios, London
Genre| Pop punk, punk rock
Length| 35:30
Label| United Artists
Producer| Andy Arthurs
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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Record Collector| [2]

999 is the debut album by English punk rock band 999. It contained such singles as September 1977's "I'm Alive"/"Quite Disappointing" and October 1977's "Nasty Nasty"/"No Pity". The album also contained "Emergency", which was the start of the band's more distinctive approach to their previous punk sound.

"Emergency" was issued as a single on 13 January 1978,[3][4] as was "Me And My Desire" on 7 April 1978.[5]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Nick Cash and Guy Days, except where noted

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Me and My Desire"|  | 3:48
2.| "Chicane Destination"|  | 2:43
3.| "Crazy"|  | 3:39
4.| "Your Number Is My Number"|  | 2:59
5.| "Hit Me"|  | 2:56
6.| "I'm Alive"|

* Cash
* Days
* Jon Watson

| 2:35

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Titanic (My Over) Reaction"|  | 3:34
2.| "Pick It Up"|  | 2:44
3.| "Emergency"|  | 2:53
4.| "No Pity"|  | 2:00
5.| "Direct Action Briefing"|  | 2:21
6.| "Nobody Knows"|

* Cash
* Days
* Pablo LaBritain
* Watson

| 3:14

2000 CD reissue bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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13.| "Quite Disappointing"| 2:11
14.| "Nasty Nasty"| 2:03
15.| "My Street Stinks"| 1:44

## Personnel[edit]

999

* Nick Cash – guitar, vocals
* Guy Days – guitar, vocals
* Pablo LaBritain – drums
* Jon Watson – bass, vocals

Technical

* Andy Arthurs – production
* Doug Bennett – engineering
* Steve Nye – engineering
* Alan Winstanley – engineering
* Paul Henry – art direction, design
* George Snow – logo
* Trevor Rogers – photography

## Charts[edit]

Chart (1978)  | Peak
position

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UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 53

## References[edit]

1. ^ Thompson, Dave. "999 – 999". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
2. ^ Baldwin, Shane (January 2007). "999 – 999". Record Collector. No. 332. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. ^ https://www.45cat.com/record/up36399
4. ^ "Emergecny" on YouTube
5. ^ https://www.45cat.com/record/up36376
6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

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* MusicBrainz release group

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