Waking Up is a solo album by Topper Headon best known as the drummer of The Clash. The album was released by Mercury in 1986 with a cover photograph taken by Tim White. "Leave It to Luck" was released as a single and as part of an EP. The album was dedicated to the memory of Pete Farndon.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Topper Headon, except where indicated. "Leave It to Luck" "I'll Give You Everything" "Hope for Donna" "Got to Keep on Going" "Dancing" "Pleasure and Pain" "When You're Down" "Time Is Tight" (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr.) "Just Another Hit" "Monkey on My Back"

Waking Up (Topper Headon album)

Personnel

Topper Headon - drums, percussion

Martin Dobson - saxophone

Mick Gallagher - keyboards

Mark Graham - trombone

Tom Harris - saxophone

Jimmy Helms - vocals

Jerome Rimson - bass, vocals

Bob Tench - guitar, vocals

Geoffrey Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn

Robert Johnson - guitar on ("Just Another Hit")

Waking Up (Topper Headon album)

Notes

1986 debut albums

Mercury Records albums

Waking Up (Topper Headon album)