Torch This Place

Torch This Place
Studio album by The Atomic Fireballs
Released	18 May 1999
Recorded	Armoury Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre	Jump blues, Rhythm & blues, Swing revival[1]
Length	47:28
Label	Lava / Atlantic
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
The Atomic Fireballs chronology
Birth of the Swerve (1998)Birth of the Swerve1998 Torch This Place (1999)

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Torch This Place is an album made in 1999 by The Atomic Fireballs. It is the band's only full-length studio release.

Track listing

All songs by John Bunkley, except where indicated

1. "Man with the Hex" - 3:01
2. "Mata Hari" - 3:44
3. "Swing Street Pussycat" - 3:11
4. "Caviar & Chitlins" - 2:46
5. "Lover Lies" (Randall Sly) - 3:19
6. "Spanish Fly" - 3:28
7. "Pango Pango" - 3:37
8. "Hit by a Brick" - 4:09
9. "Calypso King" (Bunkley, Sly) - 2:45
10. "Drink Drank Drunk" - 2:56
11. "Flowers in the Sand" (Shawn Scaggs) - 2:44
12. "Starve a Fever" (James Bostek, Bunkley) - 3:45

Personnel

Band members

• James Bostek - trumpet
• Tony Buccilli - trombone
• John Bunkley - vocals
• Geoff Kinde - drums
• Duke Kingins - guitar
• Shawn Scaggs - double bass
• Eric Schabo - tenor saxophone
• Randy Sly - piano
• Tony James - electric guitar
• Vivian Bayubay - violin
• Andrea Rosario - cymbals

Additional musicians

• Luis Conte - percussion

Production

• Bruce Fairbairn - producer
• Mike Plotnikoff - engineer, mixing
• George Marino - mastering

In pop culture

"Man with the Hex" saw use in multiple entries in the Scooby-Doo franchise, appearing in both "Big Scare in the Big Easy", the fourth episode of the first season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, as well as the 2002 feature-length film Scooby-Doo and its accompanying soundtrack album.

It was also featured on the album for the 1999 teen comedy American Pie.

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