Mange Tout
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Mange Tout | ||
Studio album by Blancmange | ||
Released | 1984 | |
Recorded | August – November 1983 | |
Genre | Synthpop | |
Length | 43:26 | |
Label | London Records | |
Producer(s) | John Luongo Peter Collins Blancmange & John Owen Williams |
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Professional reviews | ||
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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
All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe, except where noted.
[edit] LP: SH 8554
[edit] Side one
- "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
- "Game Above my Head" – 3:58
- "Blind Vision" – 3:56
- "Time Became the Tide" – 4:49
- "That's Love that it Is" – 4:22
[edit] Side two
- "Murder" – 5:58
- "See The Train" – 2:04
- "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
- "My Baby" – 3:59
- "The Day Before You Came" (Anderson/Ulvaeus) – 5:50
[edit] CD: 810 235–2
- "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
- "Game Above my Head" – 3:58
- "Blind Vision" – 3:56
- "Time Became the Tide" – 4:49
- "That's Love that it Is" – 4:22
- "Murder" – 5:58
- "See The Train" – 2:04
- "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
- "My Baby" – 3:59
- "The Day Before You Came" – 5:50 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Musicians
- Neil Arthur - Voice, Drums and Clarinet
- Stephen Luscombe - Electric Keyboards, Piano and Trumpet
[edit] Additional musicians
[edit] "Don't Tell Me"
[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"
[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
"Don't Tell Me" produced by Peter Collins
"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
- Blancmange - Blind Vision excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- An excerpt from Blind Vision
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- Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- An excerpt from That's Love, That It Is
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Blancmange |
Neil Arthur | Stephen Luscombe Lawrence Stevens |
Discography |
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Studio albums: Happy Families (1982) | Mange Tout (1984) | Believe You Me (1985) Compilation albums: Second Helpings (1990) | Heaven Knows (1992) | The Third Course (1994) | Best of Blancmange (1996) | The Platinum Collection (2006) EP & Singles: Irene & Mavis (1980) | God's Kitchen / I've Seen The Word (1982) | Feel Me (1982) | Living On The Ceiling (1982) | Waves (1983) | Blind Vision (1983) | That's Love That It Is (1983) | Don't Tell Me (1984) | The Day Before You Came (1984) | What's Your Problem? (1985) | Lose Your Love (1985) | I Can See It (1986) |
Videography |
Videos: The Video Singles (1986) | Live at the Haçienda (2005) | Hello Good Evening (2006) |