Loonee Tunes! Explained

Loonee Tunes!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bad Manners
Cover:	Bad Manners - Loonee Tunes.jpg
Released:	November 1980
Studio:	Horizon Studios, Coventry; Pye Studios, London
Genre:	Ska, 2-Tone
Label:	Magnet
Producer:	Roger Lomas
Prev Title:	Ska 'n' B
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Gosh It's... Bad Manners
Next Year:	1981

Loonee Tunes! is the second album by British 2 Tone and ska band Bad Manners, from the year 1980. In keeping with the format of their first album, the first track is an instrumental. It reached number 36 on the UK album chart. The album opens with "Echo 4-2" which became the band's cult instrumental introduction number at all live gigs. The album's name is a reference to the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series.

Track listing

All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.

1. "Echo 4-2" (L. Johnson)
2. "Just a Feeling"
3. "El Pussycat" (Roland Alphonso)
4. "Doris"
5. "Spy-I"
6. "Tequila" (The Champs)
7. "Lorraine"
8. "Echo Gone Wrong"
9. "Suicide"
10. "The Undersea Adventures of Ivor The Engine"
11. "Back in '60"
12. "Just Pretendin'"

• 2011 Bonus Tracks

1. "Lorraine" (Extended Version) – 6:20
2. "Here Comes The Major" (New Version) – 3:23

Personnel

Bad Manners

• Buster Bloodvessel – vocals
• Louis "Alphonso" Cook – guitar
• David Farren – bass
• Martin Stewart – keyboards
• Chris Kane – saxophone
• Andrew Marson – saxophone
• Paul "Gus" Hyman – trumpet
• Winston Bazoomies – harmonica, vocals