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Recorded
  
Summer–Autumn, 1985

Different Light (1986)
  
Everything (1988)

Release date
  
2 January 1986

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
38:48

Artist
  
The Bangles

Producer
  
David Kahne

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Released
  
January 2, 1986 (US) March 3, 1986 (UK)

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop rock, New wave

Similar
  
The Bangles albums, Rock music albums

The bangles manic monday


Different Light is the second studio album by the American pop rock band The Bangles, released in January 1986. It is their best-known album, with four charting singles (five in the UK) including a Top 5 hit and a number one. The album's Top 40 sound was a departure from their earlier 1960s-style rock'n'roll sound. It is the first album in which bassist Michael Steele sings lead vocals on some tracks.

Contents

Three of the five singles were written by someone other than the Bangles: "Manic Monday" (written by Prince under the pseudonym Christopher), "If She Knew What She Wants" (by Jules Shear), and "Walk Like an Egyptian" (by Liam Sternberg). The other two singles were "Following" and "Walking Down Your Street".

The 2008 reissue CD on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 4039) adds a bonus track: "Walk Like An Egyptian (Extended Dance Mix)".

Slant Magazine listed the album at #78 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".

The bangles in a different light


Personnel

The Bangles
  • Susanna Hoffs - lead vocals on 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8, guitars, backing vocals
  • Vicki Peterson - lead vocals on 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, guitars, backing vocals
  • Michael Steele - lead vocals on 4, 8, 9 and 11, guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Debbi Peterson - lead vocals on 5, 8 and 12, drums, percussion, backing vocals
    • Additional musicians
  • Brenda Bennett - backing vocals on "Manic Monday" (uncredited)
  • Rusty Anderson - additional guitars
  • Barbara Chapman - harp, additional guitars
  • Mitchell Froom, David Kahne - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Carlos Vega - additional drums
    • Production
  • Produced by David Kahne
  • Engineers: Tchad Blake, David Leonard, Peggy McLeonard
  • Assistant engineers: Dave Glover, Mike Kloster
  • Mixing: David Leonard
  • Nancy Donald, Tony Lane - art direction
  • Raul Vega - photography

    • Album cover variations

    The covers of the most of the album's US cassette pressings and the sheet music songbook only show 12 (out of 16) of the "different" snapshots, eliminating the third column to best fit the rectanglular layout of cassette cases and book.

    The back cover of European-made CDs replicates the back cover of the vinyl LP edition, with all 16 snapshots and the track index at the top. The back cover of the US version, however, only shows the first column of four snapshots, with the track index list occupying the rest of the space – a rare deviation for Columbia's CD issues during the 1980s.

    Songs

    1Manic Monday3:05
    2In a Different Light2:52
    3Walking Down Your Street3:04

    References

    Different Light Wikipedia
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