Two Minute Warning is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band The Angels, released on 28 November 1984. It was subsequently released in the United States in January 1985, under the alias Angel City. The album peaked at number 5 in Australia and number 31 in New Zealand.[2][3]

Two Minute Warning
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 28, 1984
RecordedMay – July 1984
StudioRecord Plant, A&M Studios and MCA Whitney, Los Angeles, California,
EMI 301 Studio, Sydney, Australia
GenreHard rock
Length38:23
LabelMushroom
ProducerAshley Howe
The Angels chronology
Watch the Red
(1983)
Two Minute Warning
(1984)
The Angels' Greatest Vol. II
(1985)
Singles from Two Minute Warning
  1. "Between the Eyes"
    Released: October 1984
  2. "Look the Other Way"
    Released: February 1985
  3. "Sticky Little Bitch"
    Released: April 1985
  4. "Underground"
    Released: June 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[1]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the original LP release.[4]

Side one
  1. "Small Price" (Richard Brewster, Brent Eccles, John Brewster) – 5:24
  2. "Look the Other Way" (R.Brewster, Doc Neeson, J. Brewster, Eccles) – 4:29
  3. "Underground" (R. Brewster, Neeson, J.Brewster) – 5:30
  4. "Front Page News" (R. Brewster, Eccles) – 3:32
  5. "Gonna Leave You" (R. Brewster, Neeson, J.Brewster) – 3:07
Side two
  1. "Between the Eyes" (R. Brewster, Eccles) – 3:56
  2. "Babylon" (J. Brewster, Neeson, Eccles) – 5:18
  3. "Sticky Little Bitch" (R. Brewster, Neeson, J.Brewster) – 2:55
  4. "Razor's Edge" (R.Brewster, Neeson, J. Brewster, Eccles) – 4:30
  5. "Run for the Shelter" (R. Brewster, Eccles) – 3:37

Personnel

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The Angels
  • Doc Neeson – lead vocals
  • Rick Brewster – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer on "Run for the Shelter"
  • John Brewster – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, producer on "Run for the Shelter", mixing
  • Jim Hilbun – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Brent Eccles – drums
Additional musicians
  • Steve Forman – percussion
Production
  • Ashley Howe – producer, arranger, engineer, mixing on tracks 1 and 3
  • Lee De Carlo – engineer
  • Paul Wertheimer, Benny Saccone, Doug Schwartz – assistant engineers
  • Spencer Lee – engineer on "Run for the Shelter"
  • Jim Taig – mixing
  • Warren Dewey – mixing on tracks 1 and 3
  • Clark Germain – mixing assistant on tracks 1 and 3

Charts

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Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 31

References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  2. ^ The Angels - Two Minute Warning at Australian-Charts
  3. ^ The Angels - Two Minute Warning at Australian Music Database
  4. ^ Two Minute Warning (LP sleeve). The Angels. Melbourne, Australia: Mushroom Records. 1984. RML 53154.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – The Angels – Two Minute Warning". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2024.