- electronic, synth-pop
- 36 min
- 10 tracks
- Geffen
Born to Laugh at Tornadoes is a 1983 album by the art-funk band Was. Rolling Stone declared it "conceptually, the best album of the year" shortly after its release. Despite the glowing reviews, Tornadoes made little commercial impact in a year dominated by Michael Jackson's Thriller and Prince's 1999.
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Character
Cool, character-led, spare and warm.
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1-1Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like a Rubber Ball)3:07
- 1-2Bow Wow Wow Wow3:10
- 1-3Betrayal3:06
- 1-4Shake Your Head (Let’s Go to Bed)3:56
- 1-5Man vs. the Empire Brain Building4:03
- 2-1(Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks4:23
- 2-2Professor Night4:11
- 2-3The Party Broke Up2:15
- 2-4Smile3:16
- 2-5Zaz Turned Blue4:18
10 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Was (Not Was)
- Label
- Geffen
- Released
- 1983-09
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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