In A Desperate Red, by The Rats

In A Desperate Red

by The Rats

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IrisDoe This record is a classic. Favorite track: Leave Me Alone.

jasons_jukebox My favorite album by The Rats - it points the way towards Dead Moon and features two tracks that Fred & Toody would always play in their acoustic shows. Never Coming Home is my favorite track.

voulemin The whole album is great but Working Class is the best track for me . Favorite track: Working Class.

scottsnotcool so good, it's almost dead moon Favorite track: Broken Wire Telephone.

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Black Vinyl edition of In A Desperate Red, includes 40-page color booklet. Ships July 10!

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Limited Edition red vinyl version of the Rats' lost classic. Includes 40-page book of notes and images.

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1.	Broken Wire Telephone 02:56	buy track
2.	Can't Stand Back 02:59	buy track
3.	It's Still You 02:34	buy track
4.	Leave Me Alone 02:19	buy track
5.	Deterioration 01:55	buy track
6.	Never Say No 01:20	buy track
7.	Working Class 02:46	buy track
8.	Burnside 02:31	buy track
9.	Come On Toody 01:52	buy track
10.	Tremelo 02:56	buy track
11.	My Tragedy Behind 02:10	buy track
12.	Stay 02:06	buy track
13.	I Want You 02:12	buy track
14.	Just A Man 02:12	buy track
15.	B-Sides 03:04	buy track
16.	Never Coming Home 02:51	buy track

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At last! Fred and Toody Cole (Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows) and drummer Louis Samora's ultimate pop masterpiece - In A Desperate Red. This is the last record by the Portland punk legends before moving on to a very brief country period and then Fred and Toody moving on to Dead Moon. In fact, two songs from the first Dead Moon LP hail from the same session as this LP. A true lost pop masterpiece, In A Desperate Red finds the band in an almost new wave/art punk/pop mode...just picture a more pop version of Dead Moon if you can. 6 years of work went into remixing and remastering this version - with Fred Cole twisting knobs and obsessing over it's every detail and then Greg Shadoan and Tim Stollenwerk finishing the job. One of Fred Cole's greatest records and impossible to find for many years - at last this LP is available as it was meant to be heard. Play it loud....

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released June 21, 2019

Bass, Vocals – Toody
Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter, Producer – Fred Cole
Drums – Louis Samora

Remastered By - Timothy Stollenwerk / Stereophonic
Liner notes design/layout: szim (www.szim.de)

Engineer – Mike Moore
Photography By – Janice Morlan

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