''Close to the Bone'' is the second studio album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Tom Tom Club's musicians were: Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz, Roddy Frantz, Rupert Hine, Raymond Jones, Steve Scales, Steven Stanley, Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on

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for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, '' Tom Tom Club'', as part of

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's deluxe editions series.

Singles

Two tracks from the album were released as singles, "Pleasure of Love" and "The Man with the 4-Way Hips", the latter reaching number 82 on the

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in August 1983.Tom Tom Club
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. Retrieved July 30, 2015

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club # "Pleasure of Love" – 6:33 # "On the Line Again" – 4:56 # "This Is a Foxy World" – 3:39 # "Bamboo Town" – 3:56 # "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" – 5:48 # "Measure Up" – 5:05 # "Never Took a Penny" – 3:33 # "Atsababy! (Life Is Great)" – 4:02 Bonus tracks: # "The Man with the 4-Way Hips" (extended version) # "Pleasure of Love" (instrumental) # "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" (dub version) # "Yella" (Mr. Yella Version)

Personnel

;Tom Tom Club * Tina Weymouth – bass, vocals * Chris Frantz – drums, vocals * Alex Weir – guitar * Wally Badarou – keyboards *

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– keyboards *Raymond Jones – keyboards * Rupert Hine – keyboards *Steve Scales – percussion *Lani Weymouth – vocals *Laura Weymouth – vocals * Steven Stanley *Roddy Frantz ;Technical personnel *

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– cover illustration * Steven Stanley, Benjamin Armbrister, Frank Hanna, Kendall Stubbs – recording, mixing

Chart performance

The album spent 13 weeks on the US ''Billboard'' album charts and reached its peak position of number 73 in early September 1983.

References

Tom Tom Club albums 1983 albums Sire Records albums Island Records albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Chris Frantz Albums produced by Tina Weymouth Albums produced by Steven Stanley {{1980s-electronic-album-stub