Mental Notes (Bad Manners album)
Encyclopedia
Mental Notes is the fifth studio album by Bad Manners
, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music
).
Bad Manners
Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...
, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music
1985 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...
).
Track listing
- All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.
- "What the Papers Say" - 2:54
- "Blue Summer" - 3:42
- "Body Talk" - 3:41
- "Tossin' in My Sleep" - 3:50
- "Tie Me Up" (Ney Smith) - 2:00
- "Bang the Drum All Day" (Todd RundgrenTodd RundgrenTodd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
) - 3:18 - "Destination Unknown" 3:15
- "Mountain of Love" - 3:28
- "Work" - 3:19
- "Saturday Night" - 2:46
Personnel
- Buster BloodvesselBuster BloodvesselDouglas Trendle , better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer and the frontman of the ska revival band Bad Manners...
- Lead Vocals - Louis Alphonso - Guitar
- David Farren - Bass
- Martin Stewart - Keyboards
- Chris Kane - Saxophone
- Andrew Marson - Saxophone
- Paul Hyman - Trumpet
- Brian Tuitt - Drums
- Jimmy Scott - Congas
- Stevie Smith - Harmonica
- The Cover GirlsThe Cover GirlsThe Cover Girls is a New York City-based freestyle-urban-dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
- Backing Vocals - Steve ThompsonSteve Thompson (musician)-Biography:Steve Thompson is an American record producer, Having worked with Guns N Roses, Madonna, John Lennon, Wu Tang, Korn, Cutting Crew, Belouis Some,Public Enemy, Whitney Houston, Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers...
- Marimba, Producer - Michael BarbieroMichael BarbieroMichael Francis Barbiero , is an American record producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, and journalist.-Background:Michael Barbiero has worked with a number of artists, such as Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Tesla, Cinderella, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, Belouis Some, Cutting Crew, Counting Crows,...
- Producer, Engineer - Recorded at Townhouse Studios & Oasis Studios in London and Parkgate Studios, Battle, Sussex
- Mixed at Media Sound, New York, U.S.A.