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"Who needs to think when your feet just go?" So sings Tina Weymouth on Tom Tom Club's debut album. And rightly so -- this was the sunny break in the islands that the rhythm section of Talking Heads wanted, and they got it, away from the art-school intellectualism that had resulted in the classic but understandably very unsunny Remain in Light. This album, a collection of funky, sprightly little tunes recorded in Barbados with Weymouth's sisters, husband, and drummer Chris Frantz, and several of the members of the Remain in Light tour group: Adrian Belew, guitar, and Steven Stanley, percussion. Ironically, hoping to toss off a fun album under the radar, the group came out with an album, the best tracks of which, "Genius of Love" and "Wordy Rappinghood," became enormously influential throughout the '80s and '90s, eventually getting ripped off wholeheartedly for Mariah Carey's "Daydream." The album also marks a point in music history when the New York alternative scene and the burgeoning hip-hop scene were influencing each other, when both parties were on to something new. It's a snapshot of a time, and still holds together fairly well.
© Ted Mills /TiVo
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Steven Stanley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist - Laura Weymouth, ComposerLyricist - C. Lani Weymouth, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Adrian Belew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer - Tina Weymouth, Producer - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer - Tina Weymouth, Producer - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - KENNY YOUNG, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Resnick, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer - Tina Weymouth, Producer - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Belew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist - Laura Weymouth, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Adrian Belew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Adrian Belew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 1982 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist - R. Frantz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist - R. Frantz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist - R. Frantz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Steven Stanley, Producer - Adrian Belew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Frantz, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tina Weymouth, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Stanley, ComposerLyricist - Tom Tom Club, MainArtist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
"Who needs to think when your feet just go?" So sings Tina Weymouth on Tom Tom Club's debut album. And rightly so -- this was the sunny break in the islands that the rhythm section of Talking Heads wanted, and they got it, away from the art-school intellectualism that had resulted in the classic but understandably very unsunny Remain in Light. This album, a collection of funky, sprightly little tunes recorded in Barbados with Weymouth's sisters, husband, and drummer Chris Frantz, and several of the members of the Remain in Light tour group: Adrian Belew, guitar, and Steven Stanley, percussion. Ironically, hoping to toss off a fun album under the radar, the group came out with an album, the best tracks of which, "Genius of Love" and "Wordy Rappinghood," became enormously influential throughout the '80s and '90s, eventually getting ripped off wholeheartedly for Mariah Carey's "Daydream." The album also marks a point in music history when the New York alternative scene and the burgeoning hip-hop scene were influencing each other, when both parties were on to something new. It's a snapshot of a time, and still holds together fairly well.
© Ted Mills /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 02:12:32
- Main artists: Tom Tom Club
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Island Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2009 Island Records Inc.
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