🎤 Blancmange - Happy Families MP3
- Performer: Blancmange
- Title: Happy Families
- Genre: Electronic
- Country: Ireland
- Record source: Vinyl, LP, Album
- Released: 1982
- Style: Synth-pop
- Label: London Records
- Cat#: SH 8552
- MP3 album: 2587 mb
- FLAC album: 1470 mb
- Rating: 4.5/5
- Votes: 205

1 | Cruel |
2 | Sad Day |
3 | Wasted |
4 | Living On The CeilingRemix – Denis Weinrich |
5 | God's Kitchen |
6 | KindRemix – Denis Weinrich |
7 | Waves |
8 | Feel Me |
9 | I've Seen The Word |
10 | I Can't Explain |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.25 418, 6.25418 | Blancmange | Happy Families (LP, Album) | London Records, London Records | 6.25 418, 6.25418 | Germany | 1983 |
DL 13.027 | Blancmange | Happy Families (LP, Album, TP) | Decca | DL 13.027 | Greece | 1982 |
L28P 1070 | Blancmange | Happy Families (LP, Album, Promo) | London Records | L28P 1070 | Japan | 1982 |
LON 101 | Blancmange | Happy Families (LP, Album) | London Records | LON 101 | Canada | 1983 |
SH 8552 | Blancmange | Happy Families (LP, Album, RE) | London Records | SH 8552 | UK | 1988 |
- Backing Vocals – Joy Yates (tracks: A1, B2), Madeline Bell (tracks: A2, B1), Stevie Lange (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
- Drums – James Lane (tracks: A5, B2)
- Engineer [Battery] – Andrew Warwick, Nigel Green
- Engineer [CBS] – Mark Chamberlain, Roberto Arendse, Walter Samuel
- Guitar – David Rhodes (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B4, B5)
- Lyrics By, Music By – Arthur, Luscombe
- Painting – Michael Brownlow
- Producer – Mike Howlett
- Sitar – Deepak (tracks: A5)
- Synthesizer, Keyboards – Stephen Luscombe
- Tabla – Dinesh (tracks: A5)
- Vocals, Guitar, Electronics – Neil Arthur
Unique Irish print Black & White paper labels
CP on both run-offs indicate it was manufactured by Carlton Productions, Dublin
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, Etched): SH8552 A-1 (Stick Man) DDCS CP YII
- Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, Etched): SH8552 B-1 (Stick Man) DDCS YII CP
- Recorded At – CBS Studios, London
- Recorded At – Battery Studios, London
- Remixed At – Odyssey Studios
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – London Records
- Copyright (c) – London Records
- Published By – Cherry Red Music
- Manufactured By – Carlton Productions
Happy Families is the debut studio album by English synth-pop band Blancmange, released on 24 September 1982 by London Records. It peaked at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart, aided by the success of the album's third single, Living on the Ceiling, released the following month and which became Blancmange's breakthrough hit, reaching No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. A re-recorded version of the album, titled Happy Families Too. was released in 2013. Happy Families - Blancmange. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Synthpop New Wave. Songs in album Blancmange - Happy Families 1982. Blancmange - I Can't Explain. Blancmange - Feel Me. Blancmange - I've Seen The Word. Blancmange - Wasted. Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling. Blancmange - Waves. Album 1982 16 Songs. Happy Families. Alternative 's first album, 1982's Happy Families, yielded the minor radio hit Living on the Ceiling, which also received a good deal of attention from early MTV. Though Happy Families can accurately be described as techno-pop, it's techno-pop with a modicum of taste and sophistication, putting it more in the ballpark of genre pioneers like OMD and Yazoo than of annoying '80s anachronisms like Kajagoogoo or EBN-OZN. Neil Arthur's lyrics are interesting enough to reward close listening, and his Bowie-esque voice, while somewhat limited, serves the material wel. 10 tracks 40:05. Type Album. Released date 1982. Labels London Recordings Edsel Records Universal Records South. Music StyleNew-Wave. Members owning this album1. I Can't Explain. Feel Me. Happy Families LP, Album. London Records, London Records. STAR 5287, SH 8552. South Africa. Vendre cette version. SH 8552. In Canada the album Happy Families album had 11 track on it unlike the rest of the world which had ten. the running order was also slightly . Released 1982. Happy Families Tracklist. I Can't Explain Lyrics