Fun Boy Three (album)

The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by English new wave pop band the Fun Boy Three, a band consisting of three ex-members of the UK ska band the Specials: Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding. It was released in 1982 by Chrysalis Records and was re-released in 1999 by EMI as Fame. Several songs on the album feature backing vocals by the female pop trio Bananarama. Three singles were released from the album: "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)", "T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)", and a remix (with overdubbed horns) of "The Telephone Always Rings".

The Fun Boy Three
Studio album by
The Fun Boy Three
ReleasedMarch 1982
StudioThe Bridge, London
GenreNew wave, pop
Length32:53
LabelChrysalis
ProducerDave Jordan, The Fun Boy Three
The Fun Boy Three chronology
The Fun Boy Three
(1982)		 Waiting
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Daily Telegraph[2]
Record Collector[3]
Record Mirror[4]
The Village VoiceB[5]

Track listing

All songs by Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Neville Staples, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Sanctuary" (with Bananarama) – 1:21
  2. "Way on Down" – 2:54
  3. "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" – 3:14
  4. "Life in General (Lewe in Algemeen)" – 3:19
  5. "Faith, Hope and Charity" – 2:48
  6. "Funrama 2" (with Bananarama) – 3:08
Side two
  1. "Best of Luck Mate" – 3:19
  2. "T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (Melvin "Sy" Oliver, James "Trummy" Young) (with Bananarama) – 2:53
  3. "The Telephone Always Rings" – 3:39
  4. "I Don't Believe It" – 3:26
  5. "Alone" (with Bananarama) – 3:00
2009 "Extended Version" CD bonus tracks
  1. "Just Do It" (with Bananarama) – 2:59
  2. "The Funrama Theme" (Extended Version) – 6:03
  3. "Summertime" (Extended Version) – 6:26
  4. "Summer of '82" – 4:01
  5. "The Telephone Always Rings" (Extended Version) – 5:34
  6. "The Alibi (The Station's Full of Pipes)" – 2:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from 2009 "Extended Version" liner notes.[6]

The Fun Boy Three

– all instruments and vocals

Bananarama

– featured vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8, 11)

Additional musicians
  • Dick Cuthell – the horn player
  • Sean Carasov – on the telephone
Technical
  • Dave Jordan – producer
  • The Fun Boy Three – producers, arrangers
  • Allan Ballard – cameraman
  • John Teflon Sims – visual effects
  • Frank Elton – screen illustrations
  • Terry Day – cover colour effects

Charts
Chart (1982) Peak
position		 Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Australia (Kent Music Report)84[7]
Netherlands (MegaCharts)10[8]
New Zealand (Recording Industry Association of New Zealand)17[9]
UK (Official Charts Company)7[10][11]British Phonographic Industry: Gold[12]

References
  1. Greene, Jo-Ann. "Fun Boy Three – Fun Boy Three". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. Green, Thomas H. (16 September 2009). "The Fun Boy Three, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. Kennedy, Jake (December 2009). "The Fun Boy Three – The Fun Boy Three: Extended Version". Record Collector. No. 369. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. Nicholls, Mike (13 March 1982). "Fun Boys take over...". Record Mirror. p. 17.
  5. Christgau, Robert (1 June 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. The Fun Boy Three (2009). The Fun Boy Three (Extended Version) (CD liner notes). London: Cherry Pop. CRPOP27.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 119. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "charts.org.nz - Discografie Fun Boy Three". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "charts.nz - Discography Fun Boy Three". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Fun Boy Three - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 216. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  12. "Albums in the Year 1982". © 2007-9, Steve Hawtin et al. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
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