Close to the Bone is the second studio album by 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.
Singles 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."Tom Tom Club", Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2015
Track listing All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club "Pleasure of Love" – 6:33 "On the Line Again" – 4:56 "This Is a Foxy World" – 3:39 "Bamboo Town" – 3:56 "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" – 5:48 "Measure Up" – 5:05 "Never Took a Penny" – 3:33 "Atsababy! (Life Is Great)" – 4:02 Bonus tracks: "The Man with the 4-Way Hips" (extended version) "Pleasure of Love" (instrumental) "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" (dub version) "Yella" (Mr. Yella Version)
Personnel Tom Tom Club Tina Weymouth – bass, vocals Chris Frantz – drums, vocals Alex Weir – guitar Wally Badarou – keyboards Tyrone Downie – keyboards Raymond Jones – keyboards Rupert Hine – keyboards Steve Scales – percussion Lani Weymouth – vocals Laura Weymouth – vocals Steven Stanley Roddy Frantz Technical personnel James Rizzi – cover illustration Steven Stanley, Benjamin Armbrister, Frank Hanna, Kendall Stubbs – recording, mixing
Chart performance The album spent 13 weeks on the US Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of number 73 in early September 1983.
+ Chart performance for Close to the Bone Chart (1983) Peakposition
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