All the Rage
Encyclopedia
All the Rage is the debut album by General Public
, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music
).
All writing credits from ASCAP database.
with:
General Public
General Public were a band formed by The Beat vocalists, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, and which included former members of Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Specials and The Clash...
, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...
).
Track listing
- "Hot You're Cool" - 3:47 (Mickey BillinghamMickey BillinghamMickey Billingham is an English keyboardist. He was the former keyboardist of the band Dexys Midnight Runners...
/Roger CharleryRanking RogerRanking Roger is an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s two-tone band, The Beat and General Public...
/Horace PanterHorace PanterHorace Panter also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the Coventry 2 Tone, ska revival band The Specials....
/Dave WakelingDave WakelingDave Wakeling is an English rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-Tone band The Beat and also General Public.-Career:...
) - "TendernessTenderness (song)"Tenderness" is a song by General Public from their 1984 album All the Rage, produced by I.R.S. Records.-Content:The song's lyrics tell about a man who really needs tenderness to feel like a man. It was one of the band's first singles...
" - 3:34 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling) - "Anxious" - 4:19 (Charlery/Wakeling)
- "Never You Done That" - 4:08 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
- "Burning Bright" - 4:30 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
- "As a Matter of Fact" - 5:22 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
- "Are You Leading Me On?" - 3:09 (Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
- "Day-to-Day" - 3:28 (Charlery/Wakeling)
- "Where's the Line?" - 4:09 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
- "General Public" - 4:22 (Charlery/Wakeling)
All writing credits from ASCAP database.
Personnel
- Dave WakelingDave WakelingDave Wakeling is an English rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-Tone band The Beat and also General Public.-Career:...
- vocals, guitar - Ranking RogerRanking RogerRanking Roger is an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s two-tone band, The Beat and General Public...
- vocals, bass, keyboards, drums - Mickey BillinghamMickey BillinghamMickey Billingham is an English keyboardist. He was the former keyboardist of the band Dexys Midnight Runners...
- keyboards, vocals - Kevin White - guitar
- Horace PanterHorace PanterHorace Panter also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the Coventry 2 Tone, ska revival band The Specials....
- bass - Andy "Stoker" Growcott - drums
- Mick JonesMick Jones (The Clash)Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
- guitar (on “Tenderness”, “Where’s the Line”, “Never You Done That", “Hot You’re Cool”, “As a Matter of Fact”, and possibly other tracks)
with:
- Gary BarnacleGary BarnacleGary Barnacle is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work Gary Barnacle (born 1959, Dover, England) is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work...
- saxophone - Michael "Bami" Rose - saxophone
- Vin GordonVin GordonVin Gordon is a Jamaican trombone player.-Biography:Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's catholic Alpha Boys School where he learned to play trombone and string bass. One of his tutors was Lennie Hibbert...
- trombone - Steve SidwellSteve Sidwell (musician)Steve Sidwell is a conductor, composer, and instrumentalist specialising in swing music. Renowned as an arranger and composer, Steve, has featured on numerous albums, television shows, advertising campaigns and films with his distinctive and innovative orchestrations and compositions.He is also a...
- trumpet - Eddie "Tan Tan" ThorntonEddie ThorntonEdward Thornton , better known as "Tan Tan", is a Jamaican trumpeter whose career began in the 1950s.-Biography:Thornton was born in 1932 and attended the Alpha Boys School. In the 1950s, he played in the Roy Coulton band along with Don Drummond...
- trumpet - Bob Porter - horn
- Justine Carpenter - backing vocals