Seven Days in Sammystown
Seven Days in Sammystown is the third studio album by American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1985. This was the first Wall of Voodoo album to include Andy Prieboy on vocals and Ned Leukhardt on drums—following the departure of frontman Stan Ridgway and percussionist Joe Nanini—and also features the return of original bassist Bruce Moreland. It includes their cover version of Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon". The track "Far Side of Crazy" is featured in the 1985 movie "Head Office". The album reached No. 50 on the Australian charts. Reception . In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Rudyard Kennedy judged the album's biggest flaw to be that the band was still presenting themselves as Wall of Voodoo, even without the distinctive presences of Ridgway and Nanini. Kennedy cited "Business of Love" and "Big City" as examples of failed attempts to imitate the original band, while declaring "Far Side of Crazy", "Room With a View", "Dark as a Dungeon" and "(Don't Spill My) Courage" to all be highlights. Reissues. "Seven Days in Sammystown" was released on CD in 1989 by MCA Records (USA) on the IRS label and by EMI  Records (Australia). In 2012, the album was remastered and re-released by Australian reissue label Raven Records as part of a double CD set with successive album "Happy Planet", live album "The Ugly Americans in Australia" and three non album bonus tracks. Personnel. Wall of Voodoo Additional musician Technical