''Sensitive to a Smile'' is a 1987 album by

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band

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. It reached number 10 and spent 30 weeks in the New Zealand album chart and was awarded Album of the Year at the 1987

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. The album included the four singles "

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", "Rust In Dust", "Listen" and "No Nukes (The Second Letter)", all of which charted. ''Sensitive to a Smile'' was re-released digitally in 2012 with extra tracks from Herbs' 1984 album ''Long Ago'' and their 1982 single "French Letter (A Letter To France)". The album was launched at

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, as a gesture of unity to Ruatoria after it had seen conflict between local

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groups and the community, as well as arson attacks. The launch concert was filmed by director

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and became the basis of the music video for the first single "

". Fred Faleauto and Dilworth Karaka first recorded a version of "

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" with the

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who released it as a

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single in 1985. The song is a traditional composition sung during tītī tōrea (stick games).

Track listing

Personnel

* Fred Faleauto – drums/vocals * Dilworth Karaka – guitar/vocals * Morrie Watene – sax/vocals * Willie Hona – guitar/vocals * Tama Lundon – keyboards/vocals * Charles Tumahai – bass/vocals * Thom Nepia – percussion/vocals * Billy Kristian – producer * Victor Grbic – engineer * Hugh Harawira Lynn – executive producer

Awards

, - , 1987 , ''Sensitive to a Smile'' , 1987 New Zealand Music Awards – Album of the Year , , - , 1987 , Billy Kristian for ''Sensitive to a Smile'' , 1987 New Zealand Music Awards – Best Producer , , -

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Glen Moffatt's ''Sensitive to a Smile'' page

''Sensitive to a Smile'' at Discogs
{{Authority control 1987 albums Herbs (band) albums