All the Rage (General Public album)

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Released January 28, 1984 Length 40:48 Artist General Public Label I.R.S. Records		Recorded 1983-1984 All the Rage (1984) Hand to Mouth (1986) Release date 28 January 1984 Genre New wave

Producer Colin Fairley, Gavin MacKillop, General Public New wave albums Hand to Mouth, Classic Masters, I Just Can't Stop It, Combat Rock, Parallel Lines

General public hot you re cool

All the Rage is the debut album by General Public, released in 1984. It was recorded digitally.

"Hot You're Cool" - 3:47 (Mickey Billingham/Roger Charlery/Horace Panter/Dave Wakeling)
"Tenderness" - 3:34 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
"Anxious" - 4:19 (Charlery/Wakeling)
"Never You Done That" - 4:08 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
"Burning Bright" - 4:30 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
"As a Matter of Fact" - 5:22 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
"Are You Leading Me On?" - 3:09 (Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
"Day-to-Day" - 3:28 (Charlery/Wakeling)
"Where's the Line?" - 4:09 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
"General Public" - 4:22 (Charlery/Wakeling)

All writing credits from ASCAP database.

Dave Wakeling - vocals, guitar

Ranking Roger - vocals, bass, keyboards, drums

Mickey Billingham - keyboards, vocals

Kevin White - guitar

Horace Panter - bass

Andy "Stoker" Growcott - drums

Mick Jones - guitar (on “Tenderness”, “Where’s the Line”, “Never You Done That", “Hot You’re Cool”, “As a Matter of Fact”, and possibly other tracks)

with:

Gary Barnacle - saxophone

Michael "Bami" Rose - saxophone

Vin Gordon - trombone

Steve Sidwell - trumpet

Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet

Bob Porter - horn

Justine Carpenter - backing vocals

The album spent 39 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #26 in mid-February 1985.

1Hot You're Cool3:47
2Tenderness3:38
3Anxious4:20

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