FUN BOY THREE – DEBUT LP – Nr MINT UK 1982 SPECIALS TERRY HALL

Fun Boy Three
(Chrysalis Records  1982  CHR1383)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
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Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by The Fun Boy Three, a band consisting of three ex-members of the UK ska band The Specials: Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding. It was released in 1982 and was re-released in 1999 as Fame. Several songs on the album feature backing vocals by the female pop trio Bananarama.

Track listing

All songs by Golding/Hall/Staple unless otherwise indicated.

1. “Sanctuary” (with Bananarama)
2. “Way on Down”
3. “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)”
4. “Life in General (Lewe in Algemeen)”
5. “Faith, Hope & Charity”
6. “Funrama 2” (with Bananarama)
7. “Best of Luck Mate”
8. “T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” (with Bananarama) (Melvin “Sy” Oliver, James “Trummy” Young)
9. “The Telephone Always Rings”
10. “I Don’t Believe It”
11. “Alone” (with Bananarama)

Personnel

• Terry Hall – vocals
• Neville Staple – percussion, vocals
• Lynval Golding – guitar, vocals
• Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey (as Bananarama) – backing vocals