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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Tom Tom Club
| name = Tom Tom Club
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[Tom Tom Club]]
| artist = [[Tom Tom Club]]
| cover = Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club CD album cover.jpg
| cover = Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club CD album cover.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = October 1981<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=M.C. |date=1996 |title=The Great Rock Discography, 3rd Ed. |publisher=M.C. Strong |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/811 811] |isbn=086-241-541-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/811 }}</ref>
| released = October 1981<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=M.C. |date=1996 |title=The Great Rock Discography, 3rd Ed. |publisher=M.C. Strong |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/811 811] |isbn=086-241-541-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/811 }}</ref>
| recorded = March - April 1981
| recorded = November 1980 – April 1981
| studio = [[Compass Point Studios]], Nassau, Bahamas
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| venue =
| studio = [[Compass Point Studios]], Nassau, Bahamas
| genre = [[Funk]]<ref name="VV"/>
| length = 39:35
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| genre = [[Funk]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1-82.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=January 12, 1982|accessdate=September 13, 2018|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| length = 39:35
| label =
| label = US: [[Sire Records|Sire]]/[[Warner Bros. Records]]<br /><small>23628</small><br>UK: [[Island Records|Island]]/[[PolyGram Records]]<br>Argentina: [[A&M Records|A&M]]<br>Australia: [[Mercury Records]]
* [[Sire Records|Sire]]/[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] (US)
* [[Island Records|Island]]/[[PolyGram]] (UK)
| producer = [[Chris Frantz]], [[Tina Weymouth]], [[Steven Stanley]]
* [[A&M Records|A&M]] (Argentina)
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| prev_title =
* [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (Australia)
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| prev_year =
| producer =
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| next_title = [[Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)|Close to the Bone]]
* [[Chris Frantz]]
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| next_year = 1983
* [[Tina Weymouth]]
| misc = {{Singles
* [[Steven Stanley]]
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| prev_title =
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| prev_year =
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| next_title = [[Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)|Close to the Bone]]
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| next_year = 1983
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tom Tom Club
| name = Tom Tom Club
| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Wordy Rappinghood]]
| single1 = [[Wordy Rappinghood]]
| single1date = June 1981
| single1date = February 1981
| single2 = [[Genius of Love]]
| single2 = [[Genius of Love]]
| single2date = September 1981
| single2date = September 1981
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}}
}}
}}
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{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-tom-club-mw0000651118|title=Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=September 13, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-tom-club-mw0000651118|title=Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 13, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/tom-tom-club-deluxeedition|title=Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club: Deluxe Edition|work=[[Record Collector]]|issue=365|date=August 2009|accessdate=September 13, 2018|last=Needs|first=Kris}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/tom-tom-club-deluxeedition|title=Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club: Deluxe Edition|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=365|date=August 2009|access-date=September 13, 2018|last=Needs|first=Kris|author-link=Kris Needs}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.rollingstone.com:80/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=43070&cf=2460|title=Tom Tom Club: Tom Tom Club|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 18, 1982|accessdate=September 13, 2018|last=Fricke|first=David|authorlink=David Fricke|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030721035434/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=43070&cf=2460|archivedate=July 21, 2003}}</ref>
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Girls in the Club|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=October 10, 1981|last=Cooper|first=Mark|page=13}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4Score = A−<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1-82.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=January 12, 1982|accessdate=September 13, 2018|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=43070&cf=2460|title=Tom Tom Club: Tom Tom Club|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 18, 1982|access-date=September 13, 2018|last=Fricke|first=David|author-link=David Fricke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030721035434/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=43070&cf=2460|archive-date=July 21, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
}}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
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| rev5score = A−<ref name="VV">{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1-82.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|date=January 12, 1982|access-date=September 13, 2018|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>

}}
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'''''Tom Tom Club''''' is the debut studio album by [[Tom Tom Club]], released in 1981, containing 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. When released in the United States, "Genius of Love" peaked at No. 31 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)</ref> Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US [[Dance Club Songs|dance chart]].

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The album was re-released on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second album, ''[[Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)|Close to the Bone]]''. The album was further reissued on Limited Edition white vinyl by Real Gone Music on March 1, 2019.

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''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at No. 87 on its Best Albums of the 1980s list.<ref>http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_2</ref>

== Background ==
During the tail-end of the first leg of [[Talking Heads]]' [[Remain in Light|Remain In Light]] Tour, [[Chris Frantz]] & [[Tina Weymouth]] were struggling financially. The extensive number of additional musicians playing on the tour were proving expensive, leaving them with only $2,000 in their shared bank account. Upon hearing that [[David Byrne]] & [[Jerry Harrison]] were both working on solo albums, the couples' accountant suggested to them they should produce something themselves, in order to stay financially afloat, so they decided to create a record as a collective, rather than as individuals. [[Gary Kurfirst]], the manager for the two attempted to make a deal with [[Seymour Stein]] of [[Sire Records]], who had signed both Byrne & Harrison at that point. Stein initially refused, with the reasoning being that he couldn't afford three solo albums by Talking Heads, but eventually offered them only an incredibly small fraction of the amount he had offered Byrne to make an album.

Upon recommendation from Kurfirst, [[Chris Blackwell]] offered the duo a European deal with Island Records, provided that they record a single at [[Compass Point Studios]] as a sort of test.

In March of 1981 Crhis Frantz & Tina Weymouth flew to Nassau, where moved into an apartment near Compass Point Studios, Blackwell asked Weymouth & Frantz to come up with a name for the apartment, with Frantz deciding on ''Tom Tom Club''. The group paid for the apartment in exchange for making the record.

For the first two weeks scheduled for recording, their producer, [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], did not attend the sessions. It wasn't until Kurfirst telephoned Perry to ask why he hadn't been attending, when he stated he wanted $1,000 an hour to produce, suggesting that the album would be finished in only eight hours. Following their refusal, Frantz & Weymouth asked Blackwell if they could produce the record themselves with [[Steven Stanley]], who had worked with them on Remain In Light. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Frantz|first=Chris|title=Remain In Love|publisher=White Rabbit|year=2020|isbn=978-1-4746-1999-8|location=Great Britain|pages=275 - 277}}</ref>

== Recording ==
Following a four week long stay more in Nassau in March of 1981, [[Chris Frantz]] was ready to begin recording, but was anxious that they didn't have any material written, and began to drink [[Myers's Rum|Myer's Rum]] to calm his nerves. This resulted in Frantz becoming drunk and unable to play during their first session, but quickly made up for it on later dates.

The song writing process, adapted from the style created during the [[Remain In Light]] sessions, would rely on Frantz playing a beat along with a drum machine, which [[Tina Weymouth]] would them play bass guitar over, the two would then improvise simplistic keyboard parts using their [[Prophet-5]]. For percussion on ''[[Wordy Rappinghood]]'', Frantz purchased a [[Timpani|Tympani]] from a local music store, which was used on the top of each measure.


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'''''Tom Tom Club''''' is the debut studio album by American [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Tom Tom Club]], released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles "[[Wordy Rappinghood]]", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "[[Genius of Love]]", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year. It was re-released in the UK in 1982 to include "Under the Boardwalk", which reached No. 22 in August 1982. When released in the United States, "Genius of Love" peaked at No. 31 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)</ref> Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US [[Dance Club Songs|dance chart]].
Three days into recording, [[Chris Blackwell]], owner of [[Island Records]], and financier of the sessions, heard the instrumental recordings that the duo had made (''Wordy Rappinghood'', ''[[Genius Of Love]]'' & ''Lorelei)'' and told them they could make an album, after making a single.


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The album was re-released on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second studio album, ''[[Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)|Close to the Bone]]'' (1984). The album was further reissued on Limited Edition white vinyl by Real Gone Music on March 1, 2019.
When it came time to create vocals for the recordings, they immediately thought of The Sweetbreaths, a band of Tina and her sisters that recorded the backing vocals used on the [[Talking Heads]] song 'Air'. The Sweetbreaths were made up of Tina, Laura & Lani Weymouth, and became part of the core lineup of the Tom Tom Club.


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''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at No. 87 on its Best Albums of the 1980s list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_2|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s|website=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=5 March 2012}}</ref>
The first song recorded with the four piece lineup was 'Wordy Rappingworth', starting with the backing vocals 'What Are Words Worth?'. For the main chorus of the song they used the schoolyard chant '[[A Ram Sam Sam|A Ram Sam, Sam]].' Frantz then suggested that Tina rap to the song, which proved harder than they thought, [[Steven Stanley|Steven Stanely]] decided to record her takes one line at a time, so they could be edited together later. During mixing Stanely added the typewriter sound effects to the intro of the song. After completeing the mix, Blackwell was called in to hear it. Blackwell was incredibly pleased with the song, and wanted to release the song as a single. When Blackwell asked what the bands name was, they replied with 'Tom Tom Club.'<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frantz|first=Chris|title=Remain In Love|publisher=White Rabbit|year=2020|isbn=978-1-4746-1999-8|location=Great Britain|pages=278 - 281}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
Composer credits as registered with [[ASCAP]] or [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]]: all works by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley, unless otherwise noted below.<ref>https://www.ascap.com/ace/#ace/performer/TOM%20TOM%20CLUB</ref><ref>http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Wordy+rapping+hood</ref>
Composer credits as registered with [[ASCAP]] or [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]]: all works by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, [[Adrian Belew]] and Steven Stanley, unless otherwise noted below.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/ace/#ace/performer/TOM%20TOM%20CLUB |title = ACE Repertory}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=Wordy+rapping+hood|title=Search results}}</ref> First printings of the album simply give composer credit on all tracks to Tom Tom Club as a collective.


===LP version===
===LP version===
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# "Lorelei" (Album version) – 5:05
# "Lorelei" (Album version) – 5:05
# "On, On, On, On..." – 3:33
# "On, On, On, On..." – 3:33
# "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
# "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
# "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
# "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
# "On, On, On, On..." (Remix) – 3:44
# "On, On, On, On..." (Remix) – 3:44
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*Monte Brown – guitar
*Monte Brown – guitar
*[[Tyrone Downie]] – keyboards
*[[Tyrone Downie]] – keyboards
*[[Uziah "Sticky" Thompson]] – percussion
*[[Uziah Thompson]] – percussion
*Lani Weymouth – vocals
*Lani Weymouth – vocals
*Laura Weymouth – vocals
*Laura Weymouth – vocals
*Loric Weymouth – vocals
*Loric Weymouth – vocals
*''either'' Benji Armbrister ''or'' Kendall Stubbs - bass guitar on 'Genius of Love' ''(uncredited)''<ref name=tinatalksheads>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081206031839/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/tina-weymouth/mar-97/5958 'Tina Talks Heads, Tom Toms, and How to Succeed at Bass Without Really Trying'] - article by Gregory Isola in ''Bassplayer.com'', March 1997 (hosted on webarchive.com)</ref>
*''either'' Benji Armbrister ''or'' Kendal Stubbs – bass guitar on "Genius of Love" ''(uncredited)''<ref name=tinatalksheads>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081206031839/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/tina-weymouth/mar-97/5958 'Tina Talks Heads, Tom Toms, and How to Succeed at Bass Without Really Trying'] – article by Gregory Isola in ''Bassplayer.com'', March 1997 (hosted on webarchive.com)</ref>

'''Technical'''
'''Technical'''
*[[Steven Stanley]] – co-production, engineering, mixing
*[[Steven Stanley]] – co-production, engineering, mixing
*Benji Armbrister – engineering
*Benji Armbrister – engineering
*Kendall Stubbs – engineering
*Kendal Stubbs – engineering
*[[James Rizzi]] – cover illustration
*[[James Rizzi]] – cover illustration


==Charts==
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart
|+Weekly chart performance of ''Tom Tom Club''
!Position
!scope="col"|Chart (1982)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=311}}</ref>
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/tom%20tom%20club/| title= Tom Tom Club > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=[[UK Albums Chart]]|accessdate=July 21, 2014}}</ref>
|78
| 51
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Tom Tom Club|album=Tom Tom Club|rowheader=true|access-date=February 1, 2022}}
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|align="left"|United States [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |date=2006 |title=The Billboard Albums |publisher= |page=1059 |isbn=0-89820-166-7 }}</ref>
|23
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|32|artist=Tom Tom Club|album=Tom Tom Club|rowheader=true|access-date=February 1, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|78|date=19811018|rowheader=true|access-date=1 February 2022}}
|-
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! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |date=2006 |title=The Billboard Albums |page=1059 |publisher=Record Research Incorporated |isbn=0-89820-166-7 }}</ref>
| 23
|}
|}


===Year-end charts===
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==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance of ''Tom Tom Club''
!Region
! scope="col" | Chart (1982)
!Certification
! scope="col" | Position
|-
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3871|title=Top Selling Albums of 1982 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>
|align="left"|United States ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])<ref name="Whitburn"/>
| 50
|Gold
|}
|}

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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Tom Tom Club''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|type=album|artist=Tom Tom Club|title=Tom Tom Club|award=Gold|relyear=1981|certyear=1983|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Tom Tom Club|title=Tom Tom Club|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=2022|accessdate=July 15, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{discogs master|90465}}
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*[http://www.radio3net.ro/dbartists/supersearch/VG9tIFRvbSBDbHViIChTaXJlKQ==/Tom%20Tom%20Club%20%28Sire%29 ''Tom Tom Club''] ([[Adobe Flash]]) at [[Radio3Net]] (streamed copy where licensed)
*[http://www.radio3net.ro/dbartists/supersearch/VG9tIFRvbSBDbHViIChTaXJlKQ==/Tom%20Tom%20Club%20%28Sire%29 ''Tom Tom Club''] ([[Adobe Flash]]) at [[Radio3Net]] (streamed copy where licensed)

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Revision as of 05:09, 12 May 2024

Tom Tom Club
Studio album by
Tom Tom Club
ReleasedOctober 1981[1]
RecordedNovember 1980 – April 1981
StudioCompass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
GenreFunk[2]
Length39:35
Label
Producer
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club
(1981) 		Close to the Bone
(1983)
Singles from Tom Tom Club
  1. "Wordy Rappinghood"
    Released: February 1981
  2. "Genius of Love"
    Released: September 1981
  3. "On, On, On, On..." / "L'éléphant"
    Released: January 1982 (Japan only)
  4. "Under the Boardwalk"
    Released: June 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Record Collector[4]
Record Mirror[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Village VoiceA−[2]

Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year. It was re-released in the UK in 1982 to include "Under the Boardwalk", which reached No. 22 in August 1982. When released in the United States, "Genius of Love" peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US dance chart.

The album was re-released on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second studio album, Close to the Bone (1984). The album was further reissued on Limited Edition white vinyl by Real Gone Music on March 1, 2019.

Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 87 on its Best Albums of the 1980s list.[8]

Track listing

Composer credits as registered with ASCAP or APRA: all works by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley, unless otherwise noted below.[9][10] First printings of the album simply give composer credit on all tracks to Tom Tom Club as a collective.

LP version

Side 1

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood" (Tina Weymouth, Lani Weymouth, Laura Weymouth, Frantz, Stanley) – 6:27
  2. "Genius of Love" – 5:34
  3. "Tom Tom Theme" (Belew, Frantz) – 1:25
  4. "L'éléphant" – 4:50

Side 2

  1. "As Above, So Below" – 5:23
  2. "Lorelei" (Tina Weymouth, Laura Weymouth, Frantz, Belew, Stanley) – 5:05
  3. "On, On, On, On..." (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Belew) – 3:33
  4. "Booming and Zooming" (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Belew) – 4:32

Cassette version

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

CD version

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27
  2. "Genius of Love" – 5:34
  3. "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24
  4. "L'éléphant" – 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) – 6:17
  11. "Wordy Rappinghood" (Long version) – 6:42
  12. "Genius of Love" (Long version) – 7:26

Deluxe edition CD1

  1. "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27
  2. "Genius of Love" – 5:34
  3. "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24
  4. "L'éléphant" – 4:51
  5. "As Above, So Below" – 5:22
  6. "Lorelei" (Album version) – 5:05
  7. "On, On, On, On..." – 3:33
  8. "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
  9. "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
  10. "On, On, On, On..." (Remix) – 3:44
  11. "Lorelei" (Remix) – 6:17
  12. "Spooks" (Single version) – 6:32
  13. "Elephant" (Single version) – 5:12
  14. "(You Don't Stop) Wordy Rappinghood" (Single version) – 4:08

Personnel

Tom Tom Club

  • Tina Weymouth – lead vocals, bass guitar, co-producer
  • Chris Frantz – drums, co-producer
  • Adrian Belew – guitar
  • Monte Brown – guitar
  • Tyrone Downie – keyboards
  • Uziah Thompson – percussion
  • Lani Weymouth – vocals
  • Laura Weymouth – vocals
  • Loric Weymouth – vocals
  • either Benji Armbrister or Kendal Stubbs – bass guitar on "Genius of Love" (uncredited)[11]

Technical

  • Steven Stanley – co-production, engineering, mixing
  • Benji Armbrister – engineering
  • Kendal Stubbs – engineering
  • James Rizzi – cover illustration

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance of Tom Tom Club
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[12] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 78
US Billboard 200[16] 23

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance of Tom Tom Club
Chart (1982) Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 50

Certifications

Certifications for Tom Tom Club
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[18] Gold 10,000*
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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  18. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1983". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  19. ^ "American album certifications – Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 15, 2022.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Tom_Club_(album)&diff=1223445420&oldid=972765215

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