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Tom Tom Club 1981

new wave, pop 63 min 12 tracks Rhino

Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in October 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No.

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Character

Spare, warm, character-led and classical in form.

sparerichly built
warmbleak
character-led

Tracks

1Wordy Rappinghood6:27
2Genius of Love5:34
3Tom Tom Theme1:24
4L’Éléphant4:51
5As Above, So Below5:23
6Lorelei5:05
7On, On, On, On…3:33
8Booming and Zooming4:35
9Under the Boardwalk5:47
10Lorelei (remix)6:18
11Wordy Rappinghood (remix)6:43
12Genius of Love (long version)7:27

12 tracks, 63 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Tom Tom Club
Label: Rhino
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: CA

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