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Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

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Close to the Bone is the second studio 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, Nassau, Bahamas
Length37:32
Label
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]

Singles

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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 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club

  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)

Personnel

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Tom Tom Club
Technical personnel

Chart performance

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The album spent 13 weeks on the US Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of number 73 in early September 1983.[4]

Chart performance for Close to the Bone
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 96
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 42
US Billboard 200[4] 79
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 49

References

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  1. ^ "Close to the Bone - Tom Tom Club - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Tom Club". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Tom Tom Club", Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2015
  4. ^ a b "Tom Tom Club Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4317b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Charts.nz – Tom Tom Club – Close to the Bone". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Tom Tom Club – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tom Tom Club Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
 

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