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Ismism
Ismism
Studio album by Godley & Creme
Released	October 1981
Recorded	April–May 1980
Studio	Lymehouse Studio (Leatherhead)
Genre	Pop rock; new wave; synth-pop;
Length	44:02
Label	Polydor
Producer	Kevin Godley; Lol Creme;
Godley & Creme chronology
Singles from Ismism
	"Under Your Thumb"; Released: 1981; "Wedding Bells"; Released: 1981; "Snack Attack"; Released: 1982;
US cover
	The US cover of Snack Attack

Ismism is the fourth studio album by English duo Godley & Creme, released in October 1981 by Polydor Records. In the US it was released under the name Snack Attack. It was recorded between April–May 1980 at Lymehouse Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey and engineered and re-mixed at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios.

Ismism peaked at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 28 on the Dutch Albums Chart, making it their best-selling studio album. Three singles were released from the album: "Under Your Thumb", "Wedding Bells" and "Snack Attack", with the first two singles charting within the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

Ismism was reissued on CD in 2004 under Ismism... Plus name (with other Godley & Creme albums) with singles' B-sides as bonus tracks.

Artwork

The album's cover artwork, designed by Ben Kelly, originally was in white with the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes. An alternative version of the cover featured a black background.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Smash Hits	4/10^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music	^[4]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Mark Allan wrote of the album, "Prone to pretension, these two English Frank Zappas revel in outright silliness on much of this album", adding that "throughout all of this, you get the nagging feeling this pair was capable of so much more."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Snack Attack"	7:07
2.	"Under Your Thumb"	4:40
3.	"Joey's Camel"	5:23
4.	"The Problem"	4:06
5.	"Ready for Ralph"	2:20

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Wedding Bells"	3:21
7.	"Lonnie"	4:45
8.	"Sale of the Century"	4:20
9.	"The Party"	8:00
Total length:		44:02

Bonus tracks on the 2004 *Plus* edition
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Power Behind The Throne"	3:39
11.	"Babies"	4:42
12.	"Strange Apparatus" ("An Englishman in New York" single edit)	3:53

Bonus tracks on the 2006 Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Power Behind The Throne"	3:39
11.	"Babies"	4:42
12.	"Snack Attack (Extended Version)"	6:47

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Ismism liner notes.^[5]

Musicians

Kevin Godley – vocals; drums; percussion; drum machine
Lol Creme – vocals; bass; guitar; keyboards; synthesizers
Bimbo Acock – saxophone

Production and artwork

Kevin Godley – producer
Lol Creme – producer; engineer
Nigel Gray – mixer
Ben Kelly – artwork

Charts

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	77^[6]
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	28
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	29

References

^ "The Official Charts Company - Godley And Creme". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
^ ^a ^b Allan, Mark. "Ismism – Godley & Creme". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ de Lisle, Tim (1 October 1981). "Albums: Godley & Creme – Ismism (Polydor)" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 3, no. 20. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 19. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
^ Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 221. ISBN 0753501597.
^ Ismism (CD booklet). Godley & Creme. Polydor Records. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 127. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Godley & Creme – Ismism" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "Godley & Creme | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 3 May 2020.