''Titles'' is the debut solo studio album by the English new wave artist

Mick Karn Andonis Michaelides (Greek: Αντώνης Μιχαηλίδης; 24 July 1958 – 4 January 2011), better known as Mick Karn, was an English-Cypriot musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the bassist for the art rock/ new wave band Japan. H ...

, released in 1982. The album peaked at No. 74 on the

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History

''Titles'' was released in November 1982, shortly after Karn's band

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had announced their intention to split up. Karn recorded the album in London during July and August 1982, and Japan drummer

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and keyboard player

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both worked as session musicians on the album. The track "Sensitive" is a reworking of the

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song "À Distância" (both Carlos and Karn are credited as writers). It was originally produced by Karn with

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and released as a single in June 1982, though failed to chart. A new version of the track was recorded for the album, and it was re-released as a single in January 1983 when it peaked at No. 98.

Track listing

All compositions by Mick Karn except where noted. ;Side one # "Tribal Dawn" 4:10 # "Lost Affections in a Room" 4:17 # "Passion in Moisture" 4:12 # "Weather the Windmill" 3:54 ;Side two #

"Saviour, Are You With Me?" (trad., arr by Mick Karn) 4:05 # "Trust Me" 4:57 # "Sensitive" (Roberto Carlos, Mick Karn) 4:35 # "Piper Blue" 4:21 ;Bonus track on 1990 CD release #

"The Sound of Waves" 6:11 *"The Sound of Waves" had been previously issued as the B-side to the album's only single release, "Sensitive".

Personnel

* Mick Karn –

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, saxophone, clarinet, bassoon,

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(tracks 3 and 8), African flute (tracks 3 and 7), percussion (except track 7), keyboards, vocals, drum machine (tracks 3, 6, and 8), keyboard programming (tracks 4 and 8), producer *

– keyboard programming (except tracks 4 and 8) * Hugh Burns – guitar (track 5) * Colin Fairley – percussion (track 1), producer,

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, remixing * David Jacobs – assistant engineer *

–

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s (track 1),

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(track 7) * David Rhodes – guitar (track 6) * Tim Summerhays – engineer * Angie Usher – vocals (track 5) *

– keyboards (track 7), drum machine (track 7), producer, mixing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Titles (Album) 1982 debut albums Virgin Records albums