Tom Tom Club (album)
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| Tom Tom Club | ||||
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| Studio album by Tom Tom Club | ||||
| Released | June 23, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | November 1980–April 1981 | |||
| Genre | New Wave | |||
| Length | 39:35 | |||
| Label | Sire/Warner Bros. Records 23628 |
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| Producer | Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley | |||
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Tom Tom Club was Tom Tom Club's 1981 first album and contained the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood," which reached No. 7 in June 1981; "Genius Of Love," which reached No. 65 in October of the same year; and "Under the Boardwalk," which reached No. 22 in August 1982. The album was re-released on May 19th, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second album, Close to the Bone.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club; except where indicated
[edit] LP Version
[edit] Side 1
- "Wordy Rappinghood"
- "Genius of Love"
- "Tom Tom Theme"
- "L'Elephant"
[edit] Side 2
- "As Above, So Below"
- "Lorelei"
- "On, On, On On..."
- "Booming and Zooming"
[edit] Cassette Version
[edit] Side 1
- "Wordy Rappinghood"
- "Genius of Love"
- "Tom Tom Theme"
- "L'Elephant"
[edit] Side 2
- "As Above, So Below"
- "Lorelei (Remix Version)"
- "On, On, On On..."
- "Under The Boardwalk" (Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick)
[edit] CD Version
- "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27
- "Genius of Love" – 5:34
- "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24
- "L'Elephant" – 4:51
- "As Above, So Below" – 5:22
- "Lorelei" – 5:05
- "On, On, On On..." – 3:33
- "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
- "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
- "Lorelei" (Remix Version) – 6:17
- "Wordy Rappinghood" (Long Version) – 6:42
- "Genius of Love" (Long Version) – 7:26
[edit] Personnel
- Adrian Belew: Guitar
- Monte Browne: Guitar
- Tyrone Downie: Keyboards
- Chris Frantz: Drums, Co-Producer
- Uziah "Sticky" Thompson: Percussion
- Lani Weymouth: Vocals
- Laura Weymouth: Vocals
- Loric Weymouth: Vocals
- Tina Weymouth: Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer
- Steven Stanley: Co-Producer, Engineer
- Benji Armbrister: Engineer
- Kendal Stubbs: Engineer
- James Rizzi: Cover art