''Mosaic'' is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band Wang Chung, released on 14 October 1986 by

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. The album was commercially successful, producing three US Top 40 songs: "

Everybody Have Fun Tonight "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song by English new wave band Wang Chung, released as a single from their studio album ''Mosaic'' in 1986. Collaboratively written by Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, and Peter Wolf, it reached no. 2 on the US ''Bi ...

" (peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100), " Let's Go!" (No. 9 on the Hot 100), and " Hypnotize Me" (No. 36 on the Hot 100). ''Mosaic'' earned a Gold certification by the

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and peaked at No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts.

Cover art

The album cover features photographs of lead vocalist and guitarist

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 ...

and bassist

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 ...

, with a

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effect applied to the pictures. The resulting graphic is a literal representation of the album's title. The sleeve features Hues on the front cover with the track listing of side one, while the reverse is upside down and shows Feldman with the track listing of side two. On some CD editions, both photographs have been laid horizontally on the front cover, and the full track listing appears on the back cover.

Track listing

All songs produced and arranged by Wang Chung and Peter Wolf; all songs written by Wang Chung, unless noted otherwise.

CD

Cassette/LP

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

Wang Chung *

– lead vocals, guitars, keyboards *

– lead vocals (on " Let's Go!"), additional vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards Other guest musicians * Peter Wolf – drums, keyboards, Synclavier, choral voices *

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– guitars on " Hypnotize Me" * Herbert Graf, Otmar Klein, Hannes Kottek and Harry Sokal – horns * Kevin Dorsey,

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, Michael McDonald, Julia Waters,

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and Ina Wolf – backing vocals

Production and artwork

* Engineered by Brian Malouf and Peter Muller ** Assisted by Tim Alban, Jim Dineen, Steve Ford and Marvin Wolf * Recorded at Videosonics, London; Sound Mill Studios, Vienna * Mixed at CAN-AM Recorders, Tarzana, California;

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, North Hollywood, California (" Hypnotize Me" only) * Mixed by Paul Gomersall, Martyn "Max" Heyes and Tim Weidener * Mastered by

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at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood * CDD pre-mastering by WCI Record Group * Photography by Simon Fowler * Art direction and design by Norman Moore * John Kalodner : John Kalodner * Management: David Massey for Domino Directions, Ltd.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosaic (Wang Chung Album 1986 albums Geffen Records albums Wang Chung (band) albums Albums produced by Peter Wolf (producer)