White Feathers is the debut studio album by the English new wave band Kajagoogoo, released on 18 April 1983 by EMI Records. The album contains their most successful single, "Too Shy", a UK No. 1 hit in February 1983, as well as two other UK Top 20 hits: "Ooh to Be Ah" and "Hang on Now". It is the band's only album with Limahl as the lead vocalist.
Background White Feathers was produced by Nick Rhodes, of Duran Duran, and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time. The sole exception is the self-titled instrumental track "Kajagoogoo", produced by Tim Palmer and the band. This track song was featured as the opening title song in the 1984 John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles.
After the band was featured on the VH1 program Bands Reunited in 2003, renewed interest in Kajagoogoo prompted the band's original label EMI to re-issue White Feathers on CD in the UK for the first time in 2004 (although it had been available on CD in Japan and the U.S. since 1993). Originally containing 10 tracks, the 2004 version of the album contained eight bonus tracks, including four B-sides and four remixes, two of which are of "Too Shy" (both an extended and instrumental version).
Track listing
Personnel Kajagoogoo Limahl – lead vocals Steve Askew – guitars Stuart Neale – keyboards, programming, backing vocals Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Chapman stick, backing vocals Jez Strode – drums, percussion
Technical Colin Thurston – co-producer, engineer Nick Rhodes – co-producer Tim Palmer – co-producer ("Kajagoogoo"), engineer ("Kajagoogoo") Kajagoogoo – co-producer ("Kajagoogoo") Shoot That Tiger! – art direction, design Ian Hooton – front cover photography Eric Watson – liner sheet photography Kathy Bryan – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1983)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)53Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)3Japanese Western Albums (Oricon)1
Year-end charts Chart (1983)PositionGerman Albums (Offizielle Top 100)36
References
External links White Feathers album KajaFax - The Officially Approved Limahl & Kajagoogoo Community & Fan Club Unofficial Limahl & Kajagoogoo YouTube video archives