- electronic, synth-pop
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- London Records
Happy Families is the debut studio album by the English synth-pop band Blancmange, released by London Records on 24 September 1982. 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, 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.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and warm.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- A1I Can't Explain4:01
- A2Feel Me5:07
- A3I've Seen the Word3:00
- A4Wasted4:18
- A5Living on the Ceiling4:11
- B1Waves4:07
- B2Kind3:56
- B3Sad Day4:05
- B4Cruel4:52
- B5God's Kitchen2:54
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Blancmange
- Label
- London Records
- Released
- 1982
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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