Rhythm of Youth

Rhythm of Youth
Studio album by Men Without Hats
Released	March 20, 1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Synthpop
Length	40:20
Label	Statik Records (Europe) Backstreet (U.S.) Sire (Canada) Virgin (Canada)
Producer	Marc Durand
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Men Without Hats chronology
Folk of the 80's (1980) Rhythm of Youth (1982) Folk of the 80's (Part III) (1983) Singles from Rhythm of Youth "I Like" Released: January 1982 "The Safety Dance" Released: March 16, 1982 "I Got the Message" Released: May 1982 "Living in China" Released: January 1983

Rhythm of Youth is the debut album of Canadian synth-pop group Men Without Hats, released in 1982. The album propelled them to fame with its second single, "The Safety Dance".

The U.S. release of this album featured a different track listing, which replaced "Living in China" with an edited version of "Antarctica" (the full version of which appeared on Folk of the 80's) and included an extended version of "The Safety Dance".

This album was re-released on CD in Canada in 1997 by Oglio Records as part of a "two-fer" including Folk of the 80's (Part III).

It was also re-mastered and re-released in Canada in 2010 by Bulldog Brothers/Unidisc. This version contains all of the tracks on the U.S. and U.K. LP and cassette releases as well as club mix of "The Safety Dance", an extended version of "I Got The Message" and the demo version of "Ban the Game" (labeled as "Full Version") which is different from the short version that was released as an intro to the original album.

Track listing

All songs written by Ivan Doroschuk, except where noted. (Tactik Music/Les Editions Chapeau)

United Kingdom

1. "Ban the Game" - 0:48
2. "Living in China" - 3:04
3. "The Great Ones Remember" - 4:41 (Doroschuk, Allan McCarthy)
4. "I Got the Message" - 4:44
5. "Cocoricci (Le Tango des Voleurs)" - 3:24 (Doroschuk, McCarthy)
6. "The Safety Dance" - 2:44
7. "Ideas for Walls" - 2:59
8. "Things in My Life" - 4:56 (Doroschuk, Jeremie Arrobas)
9. "I Like" - 4:19
10. "The Great Ones Remember (Reprise)" - 1:59 (Doroschuk, Stefan Doroschuk)
11. "Antarctica" - 3:29 (At least one release of this album does not have this track.)

United States

1. "Ban the Game" - 0:48
2. "The Safety Dance" - 4:35 (Also known as the "Extended Dance Version.")
3. "Antarctica" - 3:29
4. "The Great Ones Remember" - 4:41 (Doroschuk, Allan McCarthy)
5. "I Got the Message" - 4:44
6. "I Like" - 4:19
7. "Ideas for Walls" - 2:59
8. "Things in My Life" - 4:56 (Doroschuk, Jeremie Arrobas)
9. "Cocoricci (Le Tango des Voleurs)" - 3:24 (Doroschuk, McCarthy)
10. "The Great Ones Remember (Reprise)" - 1:59 (Doroschuk, Stefan Doroschuk)

• The cassette version included both the short mix of "The Safety Dance" and "Living in China" as bonus tracks.

Personnel

• Ivan Doroschuk: Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Percussion, Electronics
• Daniel A. Vermette: Acoustic Guitars
• Allan McCarthy: Keyboards, Piano, Electronics, Percussion
• Stefan Doroschuk: Guitars, Violin
• Colin Doroschuk: Additional Guitars
• Michel Jermone: Castanets
• Martin Cartier: Percussion
• Anne Dussault: Female Vocals

Production

• Produced By Marc Durand
• Recorded & Engineered By Dixon Van Winkle

External links

• "Rhythm Of Youth" at discogs