Fun Boy Three (album)
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The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by The Fun Boy Three, a band consisting of three ex-members of the UK ska band The Specials: Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding. It was released in 1982 and was re-released in 1999 as Fame. Several songs on the album feature backing vocals by the female pop trio Bananarama. Three singles were released from the album: "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)", "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It", and a remix (with overdubbed horns) of "The Telephone Always Rings".
Track listing
All songs by Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Neville Staple except where noted.
- "Sanctuary" (with Bananarama)
- "Way on Down"
- "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)"
- "Life in General (Lewe in Algemeen)"
- "Faith, Hope & Charity"
- "Funrama 2" (with Bananarama)
- "Best of Luck Mate"
- "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It" (with Bananarama) (Melvin "Sy" Oliver, James "Trummy" Young)
- "The Telephone Always Rings"
- "I Don't Believe It"
- "Alone" (with Bananarama)
Personnel
- Fun Boy Three
- Terry Hall – vocals
- Neville Staple – percussion, vocals
- Lynval Golding – guitar, vocals
with:
- Dick Cuthell - horns
- Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey (as Bananarama) – backing vocals
- Sean Carasov - voice on the telephone