Mange Tout
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Mange Tout is the second album
by Blancmange
. The full album title is - Mange Tout (Dancing Around Our Handbags).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Blancmange
Blancmange (band)
Blancmange are a British synthpop band who came to prominence with a string of hits in the early to mid 1980s.-Biography:Blancmange was formed in Harrow, Middlesex in 1979 by singer Neil Arthur and instrumentalists Stephen Luscombe and Laurence Stevens...
. The full album title is - Mange Tout (Dancing Around Our Handbags).
Side 1
- "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
- "Game Above My Head" – 3:58
- "Blind Vision" – 3:56
- "Time Became The Tide" – 4:49
- "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:22
Side 2
- "Murder" – 5:58
- "See the Train" – 2:04
- "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
- "My Baby" – 3:59
- "The Day Before You Came" (Anderson/UlvaeusBjörn UlvaeusBjörn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
) – 5:50
2008 Edsel - Remastered CD: EDSL 2023
- "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
- "Game Above My Head" – 3:59
- "Blind Vision" – 3:59
- "Time Became The Tide" – 4:50
- "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:20
- "Murder" – 5:58
- "See The Train" – 2:05
- "All Things Are Nice" – 5:01
- "My Baby" – 3:57
- "The Day Before You Came" – 4:25 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)
- "Game Above My Head (Long Version)" – 7:14
2008 Edsel - The B-Sides And Remixes CD: EDSL 2023
- "Blind Vision (Long Version)" – 9:39
- "Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is" – 3:24
- "On Our Way To?" – 5:37
- "That's Love, That It Is (Extended)" – 6:35
- "Vishnu (Full Length)" – 5:20
- "That's Love, That It Is (Remix)" – 7:34
- "Vishnu (Instrumental)" – 4:53
- "Don't Tell Me (Extended)" – 6:25
- "Get Out Of That" – 4:26
- "Feel Me (Live Version)" – 6:25
- "All Things Are Nice (Version)" – 4:14
- "The Day Before You Came (Extended)" – 7:59 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)
Musicians
- Neil Arthur - VoiceSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s and ClarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed... - Stephen Luscombe - Electric KeyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
"Blind Vision"
- David Rhodes - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - The Uptown Horns - HornsHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
- Neil Jason - Bass Guitar
- Bashira Johnson - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Dolette McDonald, Brenda Jay Nelson & Jocelyn BrownJocelyn BrownJocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
- Background Voices
"Time Became The Tide"
- Gavyn WrightGavyn WrightGavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra, best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions as well as numerous TV and movie soundtracks Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London...
& Roy Gillard - ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
s - Garf Jackson - ViolaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Nigel Warren Green - CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Andy Findon - FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- Bashira Johnson - BellsBell (instrument)A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...
& Percussion
"That's Love, That It Is"
- David Rhodes - Guitars
- The Uptown Horns - Horns
- Jerry MarottaJerry MarottaJerry Marotta is a drummer currently residing in Woodstock, New York. He is the brother of Rick Marotta, who is also a well-known drummer and composer....
& Bashira Johnson - Percussion - Background Voices - Tawaitha Agee, Brenda White, Vernice
"Murder"
- Malcolm Ross & David Rhodes - Guitars
- Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar
- Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
- David McClymont - Bass Guitar
- Dolette McDonald, Michelle Cobbs & Janice Pendarvis - Background Voices
"All Things Are Nice"
- David Rhodes - Guitars
- Pandit Dinesh - Tablas & Percussion
- Dave Allen - Bass Guitar
- Blair Cunningham - Hi-HatHi-hatA hi-hat, or hihat, is a type of cymbal and stand used as a typical part of a drum kit by percussionists in R&B, hip-hop, disco, jazz, rock and roll, house, reggae and other forms of contemporary popular music.- Operation :...
"My Baby"
- David Rhodes - Guitars
- Gerry Marotta & Blair Cunningham - Percussion
- The Uptown Horns - Horns
- Neil Jason - Bass Guitar
"The Day Before You Came"
- Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
- Deepak Khazanchi - SantoorSantoorThe santoor is an ancient stringed musical instrument, native to Kashmir and Iran. It is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy two strings. The special-shaped mallets are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers...
- Valerie Ponomoren - TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
Solo
The Uptown Horns Are
- Joe Mosello - Trumpet
- Vinnie Della-Rocca & Jim Clouse - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
s - Keith O’Quinn & Jack Gale - TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- James Biondolillo - MaestroMaestroMaestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms...
Production
- Recorded at Marcus Music (London) and Sigma Sound (New York City). August-November 1983
- Produced by John Luongo
"Don't Tell Me" produced by Peter Collins
"Game Above my Head" produced by Blancmange & John Owen Williams - "Time Became the Tide" arranged by Linton Naiff & Blancmange
- "My Baby" remixed by Dennis Weinrich & John Owen Williams
- Engineered by Jay Mark with in London. Femi Jiya assisted by Matthew Wallis
- Except "Time Became the Tide" recorded at Island Studios (London). Engineer: Richard Digby-Smith assisted by Steve Street
- "Don’t Tell Me" recorded at Sarm East (London). Engineer: Julian Mendlesohn
- In New York. James Docherty, Michael Hutchinson, John Potaka
- Assisted by Linda Randazzo, Jimmy Santis, Elisa Gura, Melanie West, Glenn Rosenstein
- Design: M. Atkins & Marcx, Town & Country Planning
- Management: Paul Smith & John Owen Williams