Hand to Mouth (album)

Hand to Mouth
Studio album by
General Public
ReleasedOctober 6, 1986[1]
GenreNew wave
Length42:46
LabelI.R.S.[2]
ProducerDave Wakeling, David Leonard, Ranking Roger
General Public chronology
All the Rage
(1984) 		Hand to Mouth
(1986) 		Rub It Better
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Hand to Mouth is the second studio album by English new wave band General Public, released on October 6, 1986 by I.R.S. Records.[2][6]

The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Come Again!" – 3:43 (Mickey Billingham, David Wakeling)
  2. "Faults and All" – 3:35 (Roger Charlery, Horace Panter, Wakeling)
  3. "Forward as One" – 6:08 (Wakeling)
  4. "Murder" – 4:22 (Billingham, Wakeling)
  5. "Cheque in the Post" – 3:39 (Billingham, Charlery)
  6. "Too Much or Nothing" – 4:25 (Wakeling)
  7. "Love Without the Fun" – 3:29 (Billingham, Wakeling)
  8. "In Conversation" – 5:43 (Billingham, Charlery)
  9. "Never All There" – 4:04 (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
  10. "Cry on Your Own Shoulder" – 3:54 (Charlery, Wakeling)

1993 I.R.S. Records re-issue bonus tracks

  1. "General Public" (12" Version) (Charlery, Wakeling)
  2. "Limited Balance" (Charlery, Wakeling)
  3. "All the Rage" (Billingham, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, Panter, Kevin White)
  4. "Taking the Day Off" (Wakeling)
  5. "Day to Day" (Live) (Charlery, Wakeling)
  6. "Where's the Line?" (Live) (Billingham, Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
  7. "Tenderness (Live)" (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
  8. "Hot You're Cool (Live)" (Billingham Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)

All writing credits as per ASCAP database.

Personnel

General Public

with:

  • Saxa – saxophone
  • Steve Brennan – violin
  • Gaspar Lawal – percussion
  • Pato Banton – toasting
  • Digby Cleaver – rap
  • Justine Carpenter, Sandra Loban - vocals

Technical

References

  1. ^ Dobrin, Gregory (13 September 1986). "Points West" (PDF). Cash Box: 10.
  2. ^ a b Brogan, Daniel. "GENERAL PUBLIC STRONG ON NEW 'HAND TO MOUTH' ALBUM". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ Hand to Mouth at AllMusic
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 715.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 276.
  6. ^ Legaspi, Althea (27 March 2019). "English Beat, General Public's Ranking Roger Dead at 56".
  7. ^ "General Public". Billboard.
  8. ^ "(English) Beat". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Hand to Mouth - General Public | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 3 August 2021


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