Hand_to_Mouth_(album)
Hand to Mouth (album)
1986 studio album by General Public
Hand to Mouth is the second studio album by English new wave band General Public, released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records.[1][5]
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Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 42:46 | |||
Label | I.R.S.[1] | |||
Producer | Dave Wakeling, David Leonard, Ranking Roger | |||
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
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The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart.[6]
Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression."[7]
- "Come Again!" – 3:43 (Mickey Billingham, David Wakeling)
- "Faults and All" – 3:35 (Roger Charlery, Horace Panter, Wakeling)
- "Forward as One" – 6:08 (Wakeling)
- "Murder" – 4:22 (Billingham, Wakeling)
- "Cheque in the Post" – 3:39 (Billingham, Charlery)
- "Too Much or Nothing" – 4:25 (Wakeling)
- "Love Without the Fun" – 3:29 (Billingham, Wakeling)
- "In Conversation" – 5:43 (Billingham, Charlery)
- "Never All There" – 4:04 (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
- "Cry on Your Own Shoulder" – 3:54 (Charlery, Wakeling)
1993 I.R.S. Records re-issue bonus tracks
- "General Public" (12" Version) (Charlery, Wakeling)
- "Limited Balance" (Charlery, Wakeling)
- "All the Rage" (Billingham, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, Panter, Kevin White)
- "Taking the Day Off" (Wakeling)
- "Day to Day" (Live) (Charlery, Wakeling)
- "Where's the Line?" (Live) (Billingham, Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
- "Tenderness (Live)" (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
- "Hot You're Cool (Live)" (Billingham Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
All writing credits as per ASCAP database.
General Public
- Dave Wakeling – vocals, guitar
- Ranking Roger – vocals
- Gianni Minardi – guitar
- Horace Panter – bass
- Mickey Billingham – keyboards
- Mario Minardi – drums
with:
- Saxa – saxophone
- Steve Brennan – violin
- Gaspar Lawal – percussion
- Pato Banton – toasting
- Digby Cleaver – rap
- Justine Carpenter, Sandra Loban - vocals
Technical
- Martin Burgoyne – cover art[8]
- Peter Ashworth – photography[8]
- C More Tone – design[8]
- Brogan, Daniel. "GENERAL PUBLIC STRONG ON NEW 'HAND TO MOUTH' ALBUM". chicagotribune.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 715.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 276.
- Legaspi, Althea (27 March 2019). "English Beat, General Public's Ranking Roger Dead at 56".
- "General Public". Billboard.
- "(English) Beat". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- Hand to Mouth - General Public | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 3 August 2021