Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album)

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Close To The Bone
Studio album by Thompson Twins
Released	1987
Recorded	1986-1987
Genre	Alternative, Post Punk
Length	41:42
Label	Arista
Producer	Rupert Hine and Tom Bailey
Thompson Twins chronology
Here's to Future Days (1985) Close To The Bone (1987) The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes (1988)

Close To The Bone is the sixth album by the British pop group the Thompson Twins, and was released in March 1987. Now down to a duo of Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie, this was the first album the Thompson Twins made without Joe Leeway. Produced by Bailey and Rupert Hine, the band commented that they wrote and recorded the album quickly, in an exercise to see how fast they could produce a complete LP.

Ending their run of top 5 albums in the UK, the album was a commercial failure, peaking at no. 90 on the UK album charts and failing to yield any hit singles. It fared a little better in the US, peaking at no. 76, with the single "Get That Love" peaking at no. 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Follow Your Heart" - 3:54
2. "Bush Baby" - 4:10
3. "Get That Love" - 4:00
4. "Twentieth Century" - 4:01
5. "Long Goodbye" - 4:22
6. "Still Waters" - 3:36
7. "Savage Moon" - 4:40
8. "Gold Fever" - 4:03
9. "Dancing In Your Shoes" - 4:25
10. "Perfect Day" - 4:27