Waiting (Fun Boy Three album)

Waiting
Studio album by Fun Boy Three
Released February 1983
Recorded October 1982-December 1982; Wessex Sound Studios, London
Genre Ska/Pop, New Wave, Synth-Pop
Length 31:19
Label Chrysalis
Producer David Byrne
Fun Boy Three chronology
Fun Boy Three
(1982)		 Waiting
(1983)		 The Best of the Fun Boy Three
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]

Waiting is the second and final studio album by the Fun Boy Three. It was released in 1983 and featured the hit single "Our Lips Are Sealed," co-written by Terry Hall and previously performed by The Go-Go's.

Writer Robert Palmer called it one of the "summer's worthier record releases...that shouldn't be overlooked":[3]

The songs are full of barbed political and social commentary with a decidedly English bias. The harmonies and melodic twists and turns are reminiscent of 1930's pop, and the odd but effective arrangements feature trombone, cello and other orchestral instruments in a kind of music hall mélange.

According to music critic Robert Christgau, "David Byrne's production suits songwriting that has advanced beyond the undernourishment of their breakaway debut."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Fun Boy Three unless noted.

Side A
  1. "Murder She Said" (Ron Goodwin) 1:57
  2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
Side B
  1. "The Tunnel of Love" (Golding, Hall, Staples) 3:08
  2. "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Hall, Jane Wiedlin) 3:36
  3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06

The version available from many download services, including iTunes, substitutes the 2:52 single mix of "Our Lips Are Sealed".

Original U.S. vinyl release

The tracks were in a different order for the original U.S. vinyl release (B6V 41417):[4]

Side A
  1. "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Hall, Jane Wiedlin) 3:36
  2. "The Tunnel of Love" (Golding, Hall, Staples) 3:08
  3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
Side B
  1. "Murder She Said" 1:57
  2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06

Personnel

Thanks to: "Rick Rogers, Jeanette Powell, Peter Barnes, David Jensen and Mike Hawkes."

References

  1. ↑ Review from Allmusic
  2. 1 2 Fun Boy Three from Christgau's website
  3. ↑ Robert Palmer (August 10, 1983). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  4. ↑ The More I See (The Less I Believe) from Allmusic
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