Folk of the 80's

Folk of the 80's
EP by Men Without Hats
Released 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Synthpop
Length 15:19
Label Trend Records
Producer Marc Durand
Men Without Hats chronology

Folk of the 80's
(1980)		 Rhythm of Youth
(1982)
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Folk of the 80's is an EP released by Canadian synth-pop group Men Without Hats. Recorded in the summer of 1980 at Studio A in Montreal, Canada and released later that year, it was their first release.

The song "Antarctica" is featured here in its original length with an extra instrumental break and verse that does not appear in the edit used on the album Rhythm Of Youth and future compilation albums. The song "Modern(e) Dancing" proved to be a minor club hit in the local Montreal alternative club scene at the time of the initial release of the EP.

All four songs on the record later appeared on the band's Freeways EP in 1985.

This EP is not to be confused with Folk of the 80's (Part III), the band's second studio album.

Track listing

Standard Edition
No. Title Length
1. "Modern(e) Dancing"    
2. "Utter Space"    
3. "Antarctica"    
4. "Security (Everybody Feels Better With)"    

Personnel

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Although Tracy Howe is credited with playing guitar on some pressings, this was a printing error. Original pressings did not contain this error. Howe was a member in 1980, but not until after Folk of the 80's was recorded. He played guitar on the song "Freeways", recorded in late 1980, however, so he appears on both the Freeways EP (1985) and earlier releases of that song (1982–1984).