TOM TOM CLUB – DEBUT LP – Nr MINT A1/B2 UK 1982 ORIG NEW WAVE TALKING HEADS WORDY RAPPINGHOOD

Tom Tom Club
(Island Records  1982  ILPS9686)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners – original hype sticker on front

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads. Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit “Wordy Rappinghood” and the US top 40 hit “Genius of Love”, both from their 1981 debut album, and a cover of The Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk” that reached the UK top 30.

Tom Tom Club is Tom Tom Club’s first album, released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles “Wordy Rappinghood,” which reached No. 7 in June 1981; “Genius of Love,” which reached No. 65 in October of the same year; and “Under the Boardwalk,” which reached No. 22 in August 1982. When released in the U.S., “Genius of Love” peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both “Wordy Rappinghood” and “Genius of Love” topped the U.S. dance chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club; except where indicated.

LP version

Side 1

1. “Wordy Rappinghood”
2. “Genius of Love”
3. “Tom Tom Theme”
4. “L’Elephant”

Side 2

1. “As Above, So Below”
2. “Lorelei”
3. “On, On, On, On…”
4. “Booming and Zooming”

Personnel

• Adrian Belew: Guitar
• Monte Browne: Guitar
• Tyrone Downie: Keyboards
• Chris Frantz: Drums, Co-Producer
• Uziah “Sticky” Thompson: Percussion
• Lani Weymouth: Vocals
• Laura Weymouth: Vocals
• Loric Weymouth: Vocals
• Tina Weymouth: Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer

• Steven Stanley: Co-Producer, Engineer
• Benji Armbrister: Engineer
• Kendal Stubbs: Engineer
• James Rizzi: Cover art