Mange Tout

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Mange Tout
Mange Tout cover
Studio album by Blancmange
Released 1984
Recorded August – November 1983
Genre Synthpop
Length 43:26
Label London Records
Producer(s) John Luongo
(1) Peter Collins
(2) Blancmange & John Owen Williams
Professional reviews
Blancmange chronology
Happy Families
(1982)
Mange Tout
(1984)
Believe You Me
(1985)


Mange Tout (1984) is the second album by Blancmange. The full album title is - Mange Tout (Dancing Around Our Handbags).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] LP: SH 8554

[edit] Side one

  1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31 (1)
  2. "Game Above my Head" – 3:58 (2)
  3. "Blind Vision" – 3:56
  4. "Time Became the Tide" – 4:49
  5. "That's Love that it Is" – 4:22

[edit] Side two

  1. "Murder" – 5:58
  2. "See The Train" – 2:04
  3. "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
  4. "My Baby" – 3:59
  5. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:50 *

[edit] CD: 810 235–2

  1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31 (1)
  2. "Game Above my Head" – 3:58 (2)
  3. "Blind Vision" – 3:56
  4. "Time Became the Tide" – 4:49
  5. "That's Love that it Is" – 4:22
  6. "Murder" – 5:58
  7. "See The Train" – 2:04
  8. "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
  9. "My Baby" – 3:59
  10. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:50 *

All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe, except * written by (Anderson/Ulvaeus)

[edit] Personnel

  • Blancmange are: Neil Arthur - Voice, Drums and Clarinet. Stephen Luscombe - Electric Keyboards, Piano and Trumpet.

[edit] Guest Artistes

[edit] "Don't Tell Me"

  • Pandit Dinesh - Tabla & Madal
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar

[edit] "Game Above my Head

  • Bobby Collins - Bass Guitar

[edit] "Blind Vision"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Neil Jason - Bass Guitar
  • Bashira Johnson - Percussion
  • Dolette McDonald, Brenda Jay Nelson & Jocelyn Brown - Background Voices

[edit] "Time Became the Tide"

  • Gavyn Wright & Roy Gillard - Violins
  • Garf Jackson - Viola
  • Nigel Warren Green - Cello
  • Andy Findon - Flute
  • Bashira Johnson - Bells & Percussion

[edit] "That's Love that it Is"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Gerry Marotta & Bashira Johnson - Percussion
  • Background Voices - Tawaitha Agee, Brenda White, Vernice

[edit] "Murder"

  • Malcolm Ross & David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar
  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
  • David McClymont - Bass Guitar
  • Dolette McDonald, Michelle Cobbs & Janice Pendarvis - Background Voices

[edit] "All Things are Nice"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas & Percussion
  • Dave Allen - Bass Guitar
  • Blair Cunningham - Hi-Hat

[edit] "My Baby"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Gerry Marotta & Blair Cunningham - Percussion
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Neil Jason - Bass Guitar

[edit] "The Day Before you Came"

  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Santoor
  • Valerie Ponomoren - Trumpet Solo

[edit] The Uptown Horns are:

  • Joe Mosello - Trumpet
  • Vinnie Della-Rocca & Jim Clouse - Saxophones
  • Keith O’Quinn & Jack Gale - Trombone
  • James Biondolillo - Maestro

[edit] Production

  • Recorded at Marcus Music (London) and Sigma Sound (New York City). August-November 1983
  • Produced by John Luongo
    (1) "Don't Tell Me" produced by Peter Collins
    (2) "Game Above my Head" produced by Blancmange & John Owen Williams
  • "Time Became the Tide" arranged by Linton Naiff & Blancmange
  • "My Baby" remixed by Dennis Weinrich & John Owen Williams
  • Engineered by Jay Mark with in London. Femi Jiya assisted by Matthew Wallace
  • Except "Time Became the Tide" recorded at Island Studios (London). Engineer: Richard Digby-Smith assisted by Steve Street
  • "Don’t Tell Me" recorded at Sarm East (London). Engineer: Julian Mendlesohn
  • In New York. James Docherty, Michael Hutchinson, John Potaka
  • Assisted by Linda Randazzo, Jimmy Santis, Elisa Gura, Melanie West, Glenn Rosenstein
  • Design: M. Atkins & Marcx, Town & Country Planning
  • Management: Paul Smith & John Owen Williams

[edit] Audio excerpts