Album · 1989
Big Trash
Big Trash is a 1989 electronic album by Thompson Twins. It runs 11 tracks across 41 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
Electronic · Synthpop · Alternative Rock
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- 4.5 /5
- 1 rating
- 59 /100
- 5 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 41 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
- Key
Ratings
1 rating · avg 4.5
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5 publications
- Robert ChristgauB+
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5
- AllMusic3/5
- New Straits Times2/5
- Telegram & Gazette2/5
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Big Trash album cover

The Big Trash cover was photographed by Kevin Davies and art-directed by Alannah Currie, Anne Tilby and Jonathan Greene.
- Photography
- Kevin Davies
- Art direction
- Alannah Currie, Anne Tilby, Jonathan Greene
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 41 min
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About
Big Trash is the seventh studio album by the British pop group the Thompson Twins, released in 1989 by Warner Brothers/Red Eye. It was produced by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie, with two tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite. Big Trash yielded two singles; "Sugar Daddy" reached No. 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 97 in the UK, while "Bombers in the Sky" was a commercial failure. Big Trash reached No. 163 on the Billboard 200.
In brief
- Is Big Trash good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Big Trash 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Big Trash released?
- Big Trash was released in 1989.
- How many tracks are on Big Trash?
- Big Trash has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 41 minutes.
- What genre is Big Trash?
- Big Trash is catalogued under Electronic, Synthpop, Alternative Rock.
- What BPM is Big Trash?
- Big Trash runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Big Trash?
- Listeners of Big Trash also rate Romantic? by The Human League, The Innocents by Erasure, Live in the City of Light by Simple Minds.
Big Trash at a glance
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Produced by
- Steve Lillywhite
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