Happy Families (album)

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Happy Families
Happy Families cover
Studio album by Blancmange
Released 1982
Recorded February – August 1982
Genre Synthpop
Length 40:29
Label London Records
Producer Mike Howlett
Professional reviews
Blancmange chronology
Happy Families
(1982)		 Mange Tout
(1984)

Happy Families (1982) is the debut album by Blancmange.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe.

[edit] LP: SH 8552

[edit] Side one

  1. "I Can't Explain" – 4:00
  2. "Feel Me" – 5:07
  3. "I've Seen the Word" – 3:00
  4. "Wasted" – 4:17
  5. "Living on the Ceiling" – 4:11

[edit] Side two

  1. "Waves" – 4:07
  2. "Kind" – 3:56
  3. "Sad Day" – 4:05
  4. "Cruel" – 4:52
  5. "God's Kitchen" – 2:54

[edit] CD: 810 123–2

  1. "I Can't Explain" – 4:00
  2. "Feel Me" – 5:07
  3. "I've Seen the Word" – 3:00
  4. "Wasted" – 4:17
  5. "Living on the Ceiling" – 4:11
  6. "Waves" – 4:07
  7. "Kind" – 3:56
  8. "Sad Day" – 4:05
  9. "Cruel" – 4:52
  10. "God's Kitchen" – 2:54

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Additional musicians

  • David Rhodes - Guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10)
  • Dinesh - Tabla (5)
  • Deepak - Sitar (5)
  • James Lane - Drums (5, 7)
  • Stevie Lange and Joy Yates - Backing Voices (1, 7)
  • Stevie Lange and Madeline Bell - Backing Voices (2, 6)

[edit] Production

  • Recorded in London February/August 1982 at CBS and Battery Studios
  • Produced by Mike Howlett
  • Engineered by Walter Samuel, Roberto Arendse and Mark Chamberlain (CBS)
    Nigel Green and Andrew Warwick (Battery)
  • "Living on the Ceiling" and "Kind" remixed at Odyssey Studios by Denis Weinrich
  • "Waves" remixed by Denis Weinrich and John Owen Williams
  • Strings arranged by Linton Naiff
  • Painting by Michael Brownlow after Louis Wain
  • Management by Paul Smith and John Owen Williams

[edit] Audio sample

Blancmange - Living On the Ceiling excerpt Image:Blancmange - Living On the Ceiling excerpt.ogg

An excerpt from Living On the Ceiling
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v • d • e
Blancmange
Neil Arthur | Stephen Luscombe
Former members
Lawrence Stevens
Studio albums:
Happy Families (1982) | Mange Tout (1984) | Believe You Me (1985)
Compilation albums:
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)
Videos
The Video Singles (1986) | Live at the Haçienda (2005) | Hello Good Evening (2006)