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, released in 1983.

Background

The album was released one year after the massive success of "

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" and the first album. As ''

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'', ''Different Style!'' contains ten

tracks, however, this time more R&B-influenced, to make it more accessible on the North American market. Unlike the debut release, which was written strictly by Freddie Waite and the band members themselves, ''Different Style!'' saw more different musicians contributing to lyrics and music, including major stars

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. Tracks sequence varied depending on territory, as did the album cover. Five singles have been released off the album. " Tell Me Why" appeared long before the album's release and met with modest success. Two following singles, "007" and "Sixteen", charted only in the United Kingdom and Ireland, making it to the top 30 and top 25. At the same time, North American market opted for " She's Trouble" (originally written for

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for his monster-selling '' Thriller'' album. It was offered to Musical Youth by David "Hawk" Wolinski and later recorded by Michael Lovesmith) which became the second single, after "Pass the Dutchie", to enter charts in the USA and Canada. In the UK, the song was their lowest-charting single and it happened to be also the very last chart entry for Musical Youth. "Whatcha Talking 'Bout" flopped completely in the charts. ''Different Style!'' turned out a commercial flop and was overshadowed by the success of the debut album. It failed to enter UK Albums Chart, and only charted in Canada and the United States, peaking at disappointing positions 90 and 144 respectively.

Track listing

Original release

;Side A #" 007" ( Desmond Dacres) - 3:18 #"Yard Stylee" (Musical Youth) - 3:39 #"Air Taxi" (Musical Youth) - 3:51 #"Sixteen" (Freddie Waite,

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) - 3:51 #"Incommunicado" (

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, Carlotta McKee, Gordon Grote) - 3:23 ;Side B #" Tell Me Why" ( John Holt) - 3:13 #" She's Trouble" (

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, Sue Shifrin) - 3:09 #"Mash It the Youth Man, Mash It" (Musical Youth) - 4:22 #"Whatcha Talking 'Bout" (

) - 5:06 #"No Strings" (

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, Phil Picket) - 3:00

Alternative track listing

;Side A #"007" ( Desmond Dacres) - 3:18 #"She's Trouble" (

, Sue Shifrin) - 3:09 #"Whatcha Talking 'Bout" (

) - 5:06 #"Incommunicado" (

, Carlotta McKee, Gordon Grote) - 3:23 #"No Strings" (

, Phil Picket) - 3:00 ;Side B #"Tell Me Why" ( John Holt) - 3:13 #"Sixteen" (Freddie Waite,

) - 3:51 #"Yard Stylee" (Musical Youth) - 3:39 #"Air Taxi" (Musical Youth) - 3:51 #"Mash It the Youth Man, Mash It" (Musical Youth) - 4:22

Personnel

;Musical Youth *

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- vocals, percussion *Freddie "Junior" Waite - drums, vocals *Kelvin Grant - guitars, vocals *Michael Grant - keyboards, vocals *Patrick Waite - bass with: *

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- uncredited vocals on "Sixteen" *

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- uncredited vocals on "Incommunicado" ;Technical *John "Aruba" Arrias - engineer *Pete Hammond - engineer on "Tell Me Why" *

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- remixing *

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- horn arrangements *Richard Myhill - horn arrangement on "Tell Me Why" *Gavin Cochrane - photography "Thanks to – Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer, Jackie Castellano,

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Chart performance

References

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