Surf Factor 8 is the eighth album released by surf music band The Surfin' Lungs, released in 2016 on Redondo Records. All bar one of the 14 tracks are self-penned, with Clive and Ray – back on drums – contributing one song each, while there is a cover of "Babysitter" by The Ramones. A traditional Lungs album, with songs about the sun, sea, cars and girls, with a surf punk edge and a hard driving bass prevalent throughout, plus a nod to several influences including The Beach Boys, Gary Usher, Blondie and The Ramones.
Track listing Bring On The Summer (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Art Arfons (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Don't Take My Baby (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce She Crashed The Prom (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Beach Beat (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Instrumental My First Car (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Babysitter (The Ramones) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Roadway Romeo (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce The Girl With The Joey Ramone Tattoo (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Weazel) – Lead vocals: Clive Gilling At The Weekend (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Not That Kind Of Girl (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce Car Surfin' (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce I Saw The Sun Come Up In Her Eyes (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce My Favourite Barista (Dean, Pearce, Gilling, Webb) – Lead vocals: Chris Pearce
Personnel Chris Pearce – vocals, guitar Steve Dean – vocals, bass Clive Gilling – vocals, guitar, keyboards Ray Webb – vocals, drums, percussion
Producer The Surfin' Lungs
Trivia Ray Webb's first album since Goin to Rockingham "At the Weekend" is only the second song written by Ray recorded by the group "The Girl with the Joey Ramone Tattoo" is sung and written by Clive
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