Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

Close to the Bone is the second album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Tom Tom Club's musicians were: Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz, Roddy Frantz, Rupert Hine, Raymond Jones, Steve Scales, Steven Stanley, Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on compact disc for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, Tom Tom Club, as part of Universal Music's deluxe editions series.

Close to the Bone
Studio album by
Tom Tom Club
ReleasedJuly 1983
StudioCompass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Length37:32
LabelUS: Sire/Warner Bros. Records
23916
UK: Island/PolyGram Records (non US)
Argentina: A&M
Australia: Mercury Records
ProducerChris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club
(1981)		 Close to the Bone
(1983)		 Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC+[2]

Track listing
  1. "Pleasure of Love" – 6:33
  2. "On the Line Again" – 4:56
  3. "This Is a Foxy World" – 3:39
  4. "Bamboo Town" – 3:56
  5. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" – 5:48
  6. "Measure Up" – 5:05
  7. "Never Took a Penny" – 3:33
  8. "Atsababy! (Life Is Great)" – 4:02

Bonus tracks:

  1. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" (extended version)
  2. "Pleasure of Love" (instrumental)
  3. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" (dub version)
  4. "Yella" (Mr. Yella Version)

Chart performance

The album spent 13 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #73 in early September 1983.[3]

Singles

Two tracks from the album were released as singles, "Pleasure of Love" and "The Man With The 4-Way Hips", the latter reaching number 82 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1983.[4]

Personnel

Tom Tom Club

Technical personnel

References
  1. "Close to the Bone - Tom Tom Club - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. "Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Tom Club". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. "Billboard 200: Tom Tom Club". Billboard.com. Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  4. "Tom Tom Club", Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2015
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