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Happy Birthday (Altered Images album)

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Released
  
September 1981

Happy Birthday (1981)
  
Pinky Blue (1982)

Release date
  
September 1981

Producer
  
Steven Severin

Length
  
38:45

Artist
  
Altered Images

Label
  
Epic Records

Genres
  
New wave, Rock music

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Recorded
  
Rockfield Studios, Wales (except "Happy Birthday" recorded at Genetic Sound, Berkshire)

People also search for
  
Pinky Blue, Bite, Reflected Images

Altered images happy birthday 1981 full album


Happy Birthday is the debut album by the British new wave band Altered Images. Released in 1981, the album's title track, "Happy Birthday", became the band's biggest hit, peaking at number 2 in the UK in October of that year.

Contents

The album reached number 26 in the UK Album Chart and was certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.

Originally released on vinyl album and cassette in 1981, the album was reissued on CD in 2004 by Edsel Records. Entitled Happy Birthday...Plus, it contained the original album along with six bonus tracks including the band's first single "Dead Pop Stars" which had peaked at number 67 earlier in 1981 but was not included on the original album.

Altered images intro happy birthday


Track listing

Side One
  1. "Intro: Happy Birthday" – 0:44
  2. "Love and Kisses" – 2:18
  3. "Real Toys" – 3:23
  4. "Idols" – 2:27
  5. "Legionaire" – 3:30
  6. "Faithless" – 3:49
  7. "Beckoning Strings" – 3:05
Side Two
  1. "Happy Birthday" – 3:00
  2. "Midnight" – 3:39
  3. "A Days Wait" – 4:20
  4. "Leave Me Alone" – 4:08
  5. "Insects" – 3:28
  6. "Outro: Happy Birthday" – 0:44
Bonus tracks on Happy Birthday...Plus CD
  1. "Dead Pop Stars" – 3:17
  2. "Sentimental" – 3:24
  3. "Who Cares?" – 3:00
  4. "Happy Birthday" (Dance Mix) – 7:03
  5. "So We Go Whispering" – 3:47
  6. "Jeepster" – 2:29

Personnel

  • Clare Grogan - vocals
  • Michael "Tich" Anderson - drums
  • Tony McDaid - guitar
  • Johnny McElhone - bass
  • Gerard "Caesar" McNulty - guitar on "A Days Wait"
  • Songs

    1Intro: Happy Birthday0:45
    2Love & Kisses2:20
    3Real Toys3:25

    References

    Happy Birthday (Altered Images album) Wikipedia


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