Big Audio Dynamite “No. 10, Upping St.” 1986. The second studio LP by former Clash member Mick Jones’ band, B.A.D.; the album was co-produced by Joe Strummer and he also co-wrote over half of the album’s tracks. B.A.D. member and London scenester/ photographer/ Clash collaborator Don Letts co-wrote most of the other songs with Mick Jones. Other B.A.D. members, Dan Donavan and Greg Roberts, get co-writing credits on one track each. The album has very little in the way of punk sensibility, though Jones never had that vibe while in the Clash so it’s not much of a surprise. It’s more alternative pop, though wiki classifies it as alternative dance, and I suppose that also tracks. The most danceable songs also happen to be my top picks: the opener “C’mon Every Beatbox” which the band released as the lead single off of No. 10, Upping St. (#51 UK, #16 US Dance charts), the reggae-infused and beaty “V. Thirteen” which was the other single they released (#49 UK, #15 US Dance charts) the not-a-limbo but dancey “Limbo the Law,” the not-a-samba but groovy “Sambadrome,”  That said, overall the album is too bland for my tastes: not quite enough funk or grit which I would have expected more of on both vibes based on the band members and collaborators.