Hand to Mouth (album)

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Hand to Mouth
Hand To Mouth.jpg
Studio album by
General Public
Released1986
GenreNew wave
Length42:46
LabelI.R.S.[1]
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
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 stars[4]

Hand to Mouth is the second album by General Public, released in 1986.[1][5]

The album peaked at #83 on the Billboard 200 chart.[6]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression."[7]

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

Credits

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Brogan, Daniel. "GENERAL PUBLIC STRONG ON NEW 'HAND TO MOUTH' ALBUM". chicagotribune.com.
  2. ^ Hand to Mouth at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 715.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 276.
  5. ^ Legaspi, Althea (March 27, 2019). "English Beat, General Public's Ranking Roger Dead at 56".
  6. ^ "General Public". Billboard.
  7. ^ "(English) Beat". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hand to Mouth - General Public | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-08-03



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