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Mange Tout

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Released
  
May 1984

Genre
  
New wave, synthpop

Label
  
London Records

Recorded
  
August – November 1983

Length
  
43:26

Producer
  
John Luongo Peter Collins Blancmange & John Owen Williams

Mange Tout is the second album by the British synthpop duo Blancmange. Released in May 1984, it was Blancmange's most successful album, peaking at number 8 in the UK album chart and was certified Gold by the BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album contained four UK Top 40 singles, two of which reached the Top 10. The fourth single to be released and final track on the album is a cover version of ABBA's penultimate single The Day Before You Came.

Contents

In addition to the usual vinyl and cassette release, a limited edition vinyl picture disc was also released. The album was later released on CD, and a 2-disc remastered Deluxe Edition was released by Edsel in 2008 which featured the album along with a second disc of remixes and B-sides.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe, except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
  2. "Game Above My Head" – 3:58
  3. "Blind Vision" – 3:56
  4. "Time Became The Tide" – 4:49
  5. "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:22

Side 2

  1. "Murder" – 5:58
  2. "See the Train" – 2:04
  3. "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
  4. "My Baby" – 3:59
  5. "The Day Before You Came" (Andersson/Ulvaeus) – 5:50

2008 Edsel - Remastered CD: EDSL 2023

  1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
  2. "Game Above My Head" – 3:59
  3. "Blind Vision" – 3:59
  4. "Time Became The Tide" – 4:50
  5. "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:20
  6. "Murder" – 5:58
  7. "See The Train" – 2:05
  8. "All Things Are Nice" – 5:01
  9. "My Baby" – 3:57
  10. "The Day Before You Came" – 4:25 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)
  11. "Game Above My Head (Long Version)" – 7:14

2008 Edsel - The B-Sides And Remixes CD: EDSL 2023

  1. "Blind Vision (Long Version)" – 9:39
  2. "Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is" – 3:24
  3. "On Our Way To?" – 5:37
  4. "That's Love, That It Is (Extended)" – 6:35
  5. "Vishnu (Full Length)" – 5:20
  6. "That's Love, That It Is (Remix)" – 7:34
  7. "Vishnu (Instrumental)" – 4:53
  8. "Don't Tell Me (Extended)" – 6:25
  9. "Get Out Of That" – 4:26
  10. "Feel Me (Live Version)" – 6:25
  11. "All Things Are Nice (Version)" – 4:14
  12. "The Day Before You Came (Extended)" – 7:59 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)

Chart performance

Singles

Musicians

  • Neil Arthur - Voice, Drums and Clarinet
  • Stephen Luscombe - Electric Keyboards, Piano and Trumpet

    • "Don't Tell Me"

  • Pandit Dinesh - Tabla & Madal
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar

    • "Game Above My Head"

  • Bobby Collins - Bass guitar

    • "Blind Vision"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Neil Jason - Bass guitar
  • Bashira Johnson - percussion
  • Dolette McDonald, Brenda Jay Nelson & Jocelyn Brown - Background voices

    • "Time Became The Tide"

  • Gavyn Wright & Roy Gillard - Violins
  • Garf Jackson - Viola
  • Nigel Warren Green - Cello
  • Andy Findon - Flute
  • Bashira Johnson - Bells & Percussion

    • "That's Love, That It Is"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Jerry Marotta & Bashira Johnson - Percussion
  • Background Voices - Tawaitha Agee, Brenda White, Vernice

    • "Murder"

  • Malcolm Ross & David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar
  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
  • David McClymont - Bass Guitar
  • Dolette McDonald, Michelle Cobbs & Janice Pendarvis - Background voices

    • "All Things Are Nice"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas & Percussion
  • Dave Allen - Bass Guitar
  • Blair Cunningham - Hi-Hat

    • "My Baby"

  • David Rhodes - Guitars
  • Jerry Marotta & Blair Cunningham - Percussion
  • The Uptown Horns - Horns
  • Neil Jason - Bass Guitar

    • "The Day Before You Came"

  • Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
  • Deepak Khazanchi - Santoor
  • Valerie Ponomoren - Trumpet Solo

    • The Uptown Horns Are

  • Joe Mosello - Trumpet
  • Vinnie Della-Rocca & Jim Clouse - saxophones
  • Keith O’Quinn & Jack Gale - Trombone
  • James Biondolillo - Maestro

    • Production

  • Recorded at Marcus Music (London) and Sigma Sound (New York City). August–November 1983
  • Produced by John Luongo
    "Don't Tell Me" produced by Peter Collins
    "Game Above my Head" produced by Blancmange & John Owen Williams
  • "Time Became the Tide" arranged by Linton Naiff & Blancmange
  • "My Baby" remixed by Dennis Weinrich & John Owen Williams
  • Engineered by Jay Mark in London. Femi Jiya assisted by Matthew Wallis
  • Except "Time Became the Tide" recorded at Island Studios (London). Engineer: Richard Digby-Smith assisted by Steve Street
  • "Don’t Tell Me" recorded at Sarm East (London). Engineer: Julian Mendlesohn
  • In New York. James Docherty, Michael Hutchinson, John Potaka
  • Assisted by Linda Randazzo, Jimmy Santis, Elisa Gura, Melanie West, Glenn Rosenstein
  • Design: M. Atkins & Marcx, Town & Country Planning
  • Management: Paul Smith & John Owen Williams

    • References

    Mange Tout Wikipedia
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