Vacation (The Go-Go's album)

Vacation
Studio album by The Go-Go's
Released August 11, 1982
Recorded Studio 55 and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California,
Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California, 1981-1982
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Length 32:17
Label I.R.S. (USA, Canada, UK & most of Europe)
Illegal (Spain, the Netherlands & New Zealand)
Epic (Colombia)
Producer Richard Gottehrer
The Go-Go's chronology

Beauty and the Beat
(1981)		 Vacation
(1982)		 Talk Show
(1984)
Singles from Vacation
  1. "Vacation" / "Beatnik Beach"
    Released: June 1982
  2. "Get Up and Go" / "Speeding"
    Released: September 1982
  3. "Girl of 100 Lists" / "I Think It's Me"
    Released: November 1982 (UK only)[1]
  4. "This Old Feeling" / "It's Everything but Partytime"
    Released: December 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
Robert Christgau (B−)[3]
Rolling Stone [4]

Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200,[5] and was certified gold.[6] The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart.[7] The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their future to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.

Besides the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "This Old Feeling", which were minor hits in the United States. A fourth song featured on the album, the cover version of the 1960s hit "Cool Jerk", appeared as a single in 1991 to promote the band's first compilation album, Greatest. The single "Vacation" was also issued as what was perhaps the first cassette single ever.

The song "Speeding" is a Caffey/Wiedling composition used as B-side of the single "Get Up and Go" and is also part of the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Vacation"  Kathy Valentine, Charlotte Caffey, Jane WiedlinValentine, Caffey 2:59
2. "He's So Strange"  WiedlinCaffey, Leonard Phillips, Glen Curtis 2:58
3. "Girl of 100 Lists"  WiedlinWiedlin 2:20
4. "We Don't Get Along"  ValentineValentine 2:46
5. "I Think It's Me"  Belinda Carlisle, CaffeyCaffey 2:42
6. "It's Everything but Partytime"  WiedlinWiedlin, Gina Schock 3:21
Side two
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
7. "Get Up and Go"  Wiedlin, CaffeyCaffey 3:18
8. "This Old Feeling"  WiedlinCaffey 3:06
9. "Cool Jerk" (The Capitols cover)Donald StorballStorball 2:53
10. "The Way You Dance"  Wiedlin, ValentineCaffey 2:56
11. "Beatnik Beach"  Caffey, CarlisleCaffey 2:53
12. "Worlds Away"  Wiedlin, ValentineWiedlin, Valentine 4:00

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1982 Billboard 200 (USA)[5] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 18
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[9] 24
Dutch Albums Chart[10] 32
Australian Albums Chart[11] 71
UK Albums Chart[12] 75
Singles
Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. MSR U.S. Dance CAN singles
1982 "Vacation" 8 [7] 13 [7] 17 [7] 23 [13]
1982 "Get Up and Go" 50 [7] 46 [7] - -
1982 "He's So Strange" - 46 [7] - -

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1982 Gold (+ 500,000)[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "45cat - Go-Go's - Girl Of 100 Lists / I Think It's Me - I.R.S. - UK - GON 104". 45cat. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Go-Go's Vacation review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Album Reviews:Consumer Guide Reviews: Vacation". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  4. ↑ Tucker, Ken (2 September 1982). "Album Reviews: The Go-Go's - Vacation". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Vacation Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "RIAA Searchable Database - search for "Go Go's"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Vacation Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  8. ↑ "Go-Go's – Vacation (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  9. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 37, No. 5, September 18, 1982". Library and Archives Canada. 18 September 1982. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  10. ↑ "Go-Go's – Vacation (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  11. ↑ "Forum - ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts - ALBUMS PRE 1989". ARIA Charts. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  12. ↑ "Go-Go's". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  13. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 37, No. 5, September 18, 1982". Library and Archives Canada. 18 September 1982. Retrieved 2013-05-28.