Tom Tom Club (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Tom Tom Club
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
Producer Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley
Professional reviews
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club
(1981)
Close to the Bone
(1982)

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

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood"
  2. "Genius of Love"
  3. "Tom Tom Theme"
  4. "L'Elephant"

[edit] Side 2

  1. "As Above, So Below"
  2. "Lorelei"
  3. "On, On, On On..."
  4. "Booming and Zooming"

[edit] Cassette Version

[edit] Side 1

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood"
  2. "Genius of Love"
  3. "Tom Tom Theme"
  4. "L'Elephant"

[edit] Side 2

  1. "As Above, So Below"
  2. "Lorelei (Remix Version)"
  3. "On, On, On On..."
  4. "Under The Boardwalk" (Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick)

[edit] CD Version

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27
  2. "Genius of Love" – 5:34
  3. "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24
  4. "L'Elephant" – 4:51
  5. "As Above, So Below" – 5:22
  6. "Lorelei" – 5:05
  7. "On, On, On On..." – 3:33
  8. "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
  9. "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
  10. "Lorelei" (Remix Version) – 6:17
  11. "Wordy Rappinghood" (Long Version) – 6:42
  12. "Genius of Love" (Long Version) – 7:26

[edit] Personnel

Languages