''Slow Children'' is the debut album by American
new wave band
Slow Children
Slow Children is an American new wave pop group consisting of Pal Shazar and Andrew Chinich. They released two albums on a major label, Ensign, in 1981 and 1982, and a third self-released album in 2016.
Discography Albums
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, released in 1981.
There was a release in the UK with an album cover art concept that was adapted from
Jean Cocteau
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The Blood of a Poet
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". There was also a U.S. release with a different cover featuring photos by
Robert Mapplethorpe
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and a different track listing.
The track "Staring at the Ceiling" was released as a single in the UK the same year.
Track listing, UK
# "Brazilian Magazines"
# "I Got a Good Mind"
# "Talk About Horses"
# "Malicious" (UK only)
# "She's Like America"
# "President Am I"
# "Too Weak to Eat"
# "Home Life"
# "Staring at the Ceiling"
# "Ticket to France" (UK only)
# "Stuck in Transit"
Track listing, U.S.
# "President Am I" 3:15
# "Talk About Horses" 3:02
# "Too Weak to Eat" 3:00
# "Brazilian Magazines" 3:03
# "Stuck in Transit" 3:02
# "Spring in Fialta" 3:20 (U.S. only)
# "Staring at the Ceiling" 3:16
# "Home Life" 2:54
# "I Got a Good Mind" 3:03
# "She's Like America" 3:25
References
External links
Official Slow Children website
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1981 debut albums
Albums produced by Stephen Hague
Slow Children albums