Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

Close to the Bone
Studio album by Tom Tom Club
Released	July 1983
Genre	New wave, funk
Length	37:32
Label	US: Sire/Warner Bros. Records 23916 UK: Island/PolyGram Records (non US) Argentina: A&M
Producer	Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club (1981) Close to the Bone (1983) Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+[2]

Close to the Bone is an album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Club's musicians are Wally Badarou; Tyrone Downie; Chris Frantz; Roddy Frantz; Rupert Hine; Raymond Jones; Steve Scales; Steven Stanley; Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura, and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on compact disc for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, Tom Tom Club, as part of Universal Music's deluxe editions series.

Track listing

1. "Pleasure of Love" – 6:33
2. "On the Line Again" – 4:56
3. "This Is a Foxy World" – 3:39
4. "Bamboo Town" – 3:56
5. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" – 5:48
6. "Measure Up" – 5:05
7. "Never Took a Penny" – 3:33
8. "Atsababy! (Life Is Great)" – 4:02

Bonus tracks:

1. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips (extended version)"
2. "Pleasure of Love (instrumental)"
3. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips (dub version)"
4. "Yella (Mr. Yella Version)"

Singles

Two tracks from the album were released as singles, "Pleasure of Love" and "The Man With The 4-Way Hips", the latter reaching number 82 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1983.^[3]

Personnel

• Tina Weymouth - bass, vocals
• Chris Frantz - drums, vocals
• Alex Weir - guitar
• Wally Badarou - keyboards
• Tyrone Downie - keyboards
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Rupert Hine - keyboards
• Steve Scales - percussion
• Lani Weymouth- vocals
• Laura Weymouth - vocals

References