''Huang Chung'' is the self-titled debut studio album by English new wave band Huang Chung (later known as Wang Chung). ''Huang Chung'' was released on 4 March 1982 on both

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. Included on the album cover is the name of the band in Chinese (, literally Yellow Bell) meaning the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. On 19 September 1995,

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re-released the album on CD under license from Arista Records. The album has since been discontinued. ''Huang Chung'' was supposed to be one of two studio albums that the band recorded for Arista Records, but they departed and signed a

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afterwards because their manager spotted the band's potential and their upcoming song, "

Dance Hall Days "Dance Hall Days" is a song by English new wave band Wang Chung. It was originally released as a single in 1982 when the band was called Huang Chung, then it was re-recorded and re-released a year later in 1983 for the studio album ''Points on ...

", to be a possibly big hit.1980-1984 Biography page on www.wangchung.com
/ref> Meanwhile, after the release, Huang Chung saxophonist David Burnand (a.k.a. Hogg Robinson) left due to "musical differences". No song hit any charts in the US or the UK. A mastering error is present on the 1995 CD reissue. The track break between "I Never Want to Love You in a Half-Hearted Way" and "Ti Na Na" occurs a fraction of a second before the former track ends. Thus, track 3 begins with what sounds like a glitch, though it is actually the very end of track 2.

Track listing

All songs were written and composed by

Jack Hues Jeremy Allan Ryder, better known as Jack Hues, (born 10 December 1954) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, who is best known for forming and fronting the 1980s English new wave band, Wang Chung. Hues was also a member of the one-o ...

, except as noted below.

Nick Feldman Nicholas Laurence Feldman (born 1 May 1955) is an English musician best known for forming the British new wave band Wang Chung in 1980. Feldman was half of the duo Promised Land, which also featured Jon Moss of Culture Club. He was a founding i ...

was credited as Nick DeSpig throughout this album.

Arista UK LP: SPART 1174

Arista US LP: AL 6603

1995 – One Way Records CD: OW 31444

Credits

Huang Chung * Darwin – drums, percussion, vocals * Hogg – saxophones, percussion, vocals * Nick de Spig – bass guitars, percussion, vocals *

– guitars, lead vocals, piano Producers * Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 – Produced by

Rhett Davies Rhett Davies (born 1949 in London) is an English record producer and engineer. Davies' father was trumpet player Ray Davies (no relation to Ray Davies of The Kinks). Davies became a studio engineer at Island Records studios in the early 1970s, a ...

* Tracks 6, 8, 9 – Produced by Roger Béchirian * Tracks 3 & 7 – Produced by Rhett Davies and remixed by Roger Bechirian Engineers * Nigel Mills and Stuart Henderson (Basing St) * Dave Bellotti (Jam) Assistants * David Massey * Vikki Pepys * Sarah Lubel Additional personnel * Fin Costello – photos * Steve Joule – design * Alex Feldman (sister of bass guitarist

) – logo design * Ged Doherty and Andy Hilton – management

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang Chung (Album) Wang Chung (band) albums 1982 debut albums Albums produced by Rhett Davies Albums produced by Roger Bechirian Arista Records albums