Released March 20, 1982 Producer Marc Durand Release date 20 March 1982 Genre Electropop | Recorded January-March 1982 Artist Men Without Hats Label Statik Records | |
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Studio Listen Audio, Montreal, Quebec Length 34:05 (original Canada LP release)
36:18 (original US LP release)
42:08 (original US MC release)
53:11 (original UK CD release)
57:45 (2010 CD remaster) Rhythm of Youth
(1982) Folk of the 80's (Part III)
(1984) Similar Men Without Hats albums, Electropop albums | ||
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Rhythm of Youth is the debut album of Canadian synthpop group Men Without Hats, released in 1982 on Statik Records in Europe and Canada and in 1983 on Backstreet Records in the US. It propelled them to fame with its second single, "The Safety Dance". It was released under the Statik Records label in Canada, distributed by Warner Music Canada (then called WEA Canada) where it achieved Platinum status for sales of 100,000 units.
Contents
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Release history
The US releases of this album featured a different track listing, replacing "Living in China" with an edited version of "Antarctica" (the full version of which appeared on Folk of the 80's) and including an extended version of "The Safety Dance".
In 1985, the album was released on CD in Europe by Statik Records, featuring the Folk of the 80's EP (albeit including the single edit of "Antarctica") and the extended mix of "The Safety Dance" as bonus tracks. It was re-released on CD in Canada in 1997 by Oglio Records as part of a "two-fer" including Folk of the 80's (Part III) and the single edit of "Antarctica".
In 2010, the album was remastered and reissued in Canada by the band's label, Bulldog Brothers, featuring the original US track list (with "Antarctica" replaced with "Living in China") and including all the tracks from both the US and UK LP releases, plus a demo version of "Ban the Game" (known as "Ban the Game II"), an extended mix of "I Got the Message" and a club mix of "The Safety Dance".
Track listing
All tracks written by Ivan Doroschuk unless otherwise noted.
Personnel
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Production
Songs
1Ban the Game0:50
2Living in China3:05
3The Great Ones Remember4:46