Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album)

Close To The Bone
Studio album by Thompson Twins
Released March 31, 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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Close To The Bone is the sixth album by the British pop group the Thompson Twins, and was released in March 1987. Now only the duo of Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie remaining, 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 number 90 on the UK album charts and failing to yield any hit singles. It fared a little better in the US, peaking at number 76, with the single "Get That Love" peaking at number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2][3]

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

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
Canadian Albums Chart[4] 71 10
New Zealand Albums Chart[5] 46 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 20 2
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 26 4
UK Albums Chart[8] 90 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 76 14

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/
  4. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/
  5. ^ http://www.charts.org.nz/
  6. ^ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
  7. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  8. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
  9. ^ http://www.billboard.com/
Thompson Twins
Studio albums
A Product of ... (Participation) (1981) • Set (1982) • In the Name of Love (1982) • Quick Step and Side Kick (1983) • Into The Gap (1984) • Here's To Future Days (1985) • Close to the Bone (1987) • Big Trash (1989) • Queer (1991) • The Stone (1993) • Ether (1996)
Compilations
Singles
"Squares and Triangles"  • "She's in Love with Mystery" • "Perfect Game" • "Animal Laugh" • "Make Believe" • "In the Name of Love" • "Runaway" • "Lies" • "Love on Your Side" • "We Are Detective" • "Watching" • "Hold Me Now" • "Doctor Doctor" • "You Take Me Up" • "Sister of Mercy" • "The Gap" • "Lay Your Hands on Me" • "Don't Mess with Doctor Dream" • "King for a Day" • "Revolution" • "Nothing in Common" • "Get That Love" • "Long Goodbye" • "In the Name of Love '88" • "Sugar Daddy" • "Come Inside • "The Saint" • "Play with Me (Jane)"