THOMPSON TWINS – QUICK STEP & SIDE KICK LP – Nr MINT INDIE POP

Thompson Twins – Quick Step & Side Kick
(Arista Records  1983  204924)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some slight wear to edges

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Thompson Twins were a British music group that formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity in the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the globe.

The band was named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson in Hergé’s comic strip The Adventures of Tintin. At various stages, the band had up to seven members though their best known incarnation was as a trio between 1982–86. They became a prominent act in the Second British Invasion, and in 1985, the band performed at Live Aid where they were joined onstage by Madonna.

Quick Step & Side Kick is the third studio album by the British synthpop group Thompson Twins. It was released in February 1983, and was their first album to be released as a trio (the band consisted of up to seven members during previous releases). The album reached no. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the BPI.

In the United States and Canada, the album was titled simply as Side Kicks, and was only the second Thompson Twins album to be released there.

The album was the first collaboration between the band and producer Alex Sadkin and was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. The singer Grace Jones (who had worked with Sadkin on three of her albums by that time) made a guest appearance on the track “Watching”, though her vocals were not included on the track when it was remixed and released as a single in mid-1983.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Love On Your Side”
2. “Lies”
3. “If You Were Here”
4. “Judy Do”
5. “Tears”

Side two

1. “Watching”
2. “We Are Detective”
3. “Kamikaze”
4. “Love Lies Bleeding”
5. “All Fall Out”

Personnel

• Tom Bailey – vocals, synthesizer, drum programming
• Alannah Currie – xylophone, percussion, vocals
• Joe Leeway – congas, synthesizer, vocals
• Boris Williams – cymbals on “If You Were Here” & “Tears”
• Grace Jones – background vocals on “Watching”
• Monte Brown – guitar on “Watching”
• Phil Thornalley – engineer