What's That Noise?

What's That Noise?
Studio album by Coldcut
Released	April 1989 (1989-04)
Genre	Electronica, house, alternative hip hop
Label	Tommy Boy/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 25974 (US) Big Life (UK) Ahead Of Our Time (UK)
Producer	Coldcut
Coldcut chronology
What's That Noise? (1989) Some Like It Cold (1990)

What's That Noise? is the first album from Coldcut, released in 1989.

Guests on this album were: Lisa Stansfield on "People Hold On" and "My Telephone," Mark E. Smith (The Fall) on "(I'm) In Deep", Junior Reid on "Stop This Crazy Thing", Queen Latifah on "Smoke Dis One" and Yazz on "Doctorin' the House".^[1] The album was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

1989 UK release

Side A

• A1 People Hold On (Featuring Lisa Stansfield) (3:58)
• A2 Fat (Party & Bullshit) (4:34)
• A3 (I'm) In Deep" (Featuring Mark E. Smith) (5:23)
• A4 My Telephone (Featuring Lisa Stansfield) (5:26)
• A5 Theme From "Reportage" (1:35)
• A6 Which Doctor? (4:59)

Side B

• B1 Stop This Crazy Thing (Featuring Junior Reid) (5:57)
• B2 No Connection (3:34)
• B3 Smoke 1 (4:51)
• B4 Doctorin' The House (Say R Mix) Featuring Yazz (5:18)
• B5 What's That Noise? (2:56)

Side C

• C1 Beats & Pieces (Mo Bass Remix) (5:55)
• C2 Stop This Crazy Thing (Hedmaster Mix) (7:03)

Side D

• D1 Maker Brake
• D2 Greedy's Back
• D3 Drawmasters Squeeze
• D4 Trak 22

1989 US release

1. People Hold On (Featuring Lisa Stansfield) (3:58)
2. Fat (Party And Bullshit) (4:17)
3. (I'm) In Deep (Featuring Mark E. Smith) (5:08)
4. My Telephone (Featuring Lisa Stansfield) (4:54)
5. Theme From "Reportage" (1:35)
6. Which Doctor? (4:30)
7. Stop This Crazy Thing (Featuring Junior Reid) (5:15)
8. No Connection (3:34)
9. Smoke Dis One (Featuring Queen Latifah) (5:40)
10. Not Paid Enough (7:23)
11. What's That Noise? (2:28)
12. Beats & Pieces (Mo Bass Remix) (6:00)
13. Stop This Crazy Thing (Hedmaster Mix By Adrian Sherwood) (7:00)

Personnel

• Jonathan More - Drum machine, Bass, Percussion, Keyboard, Engineer, Turntable, Sampler
• Matt Black - Synthesizer, Drum machine, Keyboard, Engineer, Turntable, Sampler
• Tony Harris - Engineer
• George Shilling - Engineer
• Lisa Stansfield - Vocal
• Barry Clempson - Engineer
• Ian Devaney - Piano, Keyboard
• Merlin T. - Engineer
• Dave Campbell - Engineer
• John Jamieson - Keyboard
• Junior Reid - Vocal
• Snowboy - Percussion
• Mark E. Smith - Vocal
• Cleveland Watkiss - Backing vocals
• Queen Latifah - Vocal, Rapping
• Yasmina Evans - Vocal

References

External links

• What's That Noise? (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
• What's That Noise? Album at Discogs