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Waiting (Fun Boy Three album)

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Released
  
February 1983

Artist
  
Fun Boy Three

Producer
  
David Byrne

Genre
  
New wave

Length
  
31:19

Release date
  
February 1983

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

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Recorded
  
October 1982-December 1982; Wessex Sound Studios, London

Waiting (1983)
  
The Best of the Fun Boy Three (1984)

Similar
  
Fun Boy Three, The Best of The Specials, The Very Best of The Specials, Virgins and Philistines, I Just Can't Stop It

Waiting is the second and final studio album by the Fun Boy Three. It was released in 1983 and featured the hit single "Our Lips Are Sealed," co-written by Terry Hall and previously performed by The Go-Go's.

Contents

Writer Robert Palmer called it one of the "summer's worthier record releases...that shouldn't be overlooked":

The songs are full of barbed political and social commentary with a decidedly English bias. The harmonies and melodic twists and turns are reminiscent of 1930's pop, and the odd but effective arrangements feature trombone, cello and other orchestral instruments in a kind of music hall mélange.

According to music critic Robert Christgau, "David Byrne's production suits songwriting that has advanced beyond the undernourishment of their breakaway debut."

The track "Murder She Said" is the theme from the four films in the British Miss Marple series from 1961-64 starring Margaret Rutherford.

Fun boy three murder she said the more i see the less i believe


Track listing

All songs written by Fun Boy Three unless noted.

Side A
  1. "Murder She Said" (Ron Goodwin) 1:57
  2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
Side B
  1. "The Tunnel of Love" (Golding, Hall, Staples) 3:08
  2. "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Hall, Jane Wiedlin) 3:36
  3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06

The version available from many download services, including iTunes, substitutes the 2:52 single mix of "Our Lips Are Sealed".

Original U.S. vinyl release

The tracks were in a different order for the original U.S. vinyl release (B6V 41417):

Side A
  1. "Our Lips Are Sealed" (Hall, Jane Wiedlin) 3:36
  2. "The Tunnel of Love" (Golding, Hall, Staples) 3:08
  3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
Side B
  1. "Murder She Said" 1:57
  2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06

Songs

1Our Lips Are Sealed3:36
2Tunnel of Love3:08
3Pressure of Life (Takes Weight Off the Body)3:10

References

Waiting (Fun Boy Three album) Wikipedia
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