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Greetings from Timbuk3

Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986.[7][8] The album contains their only charting single, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades", which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Greetings from Timbuk3
Studio album by
Timbuk 3
ReleasedOctober 1986
StudioDustbowl Studios (Hollywood, California)
*except "Hairstyles and Attitudes" at Lone Star Studios (Austin, Texas)
GenreRock
Length36:05
LabelI.R.S.[1]
ProducerDennis Herring[2]
Timbuk 3 chronology
Greetings from Timbuk3
(1986)		 Eden Alley
(1988)
Singles from Greetings from Timbuk3
  1. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
    Released: September 1986[3]
  2. "Hairstyles and Attitude"
    Released: 1986
  3. "Life Is Hard"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Robert ChristgauA−[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star[2]

The songs "Life Is Hard" and "Shame on You" were used in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and were included on the film's accompanying soundtrack album.[citation needed]

Critical reception

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Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single."[9]

Track listing

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All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).

  1. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – 3:21
  2. "Life Is Hard" – 4:08
  3. "Hairstyles and Attitudes" – 2:51
  4. "Facts About Cats" – 3:16
  5. "I Need You" – 3:50
  6. "Just Another Movie" – 4:16
  7. "Friction" – 3:44
  8. "Cheap Black & White" – 2:54
  9. "Shame On You" – 5:04 (Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald)
  10. "I Love You in the Strangest Way" – 2:41

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Barbara K. MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 4, 9, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
  • Pat MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin

Production

  • Produced by Dennis Herring
  • Engineers: Dennis Herring and Mark Teston

Charts

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Chart performance for Greetings from Timbuk3
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[10] 86
UK Albums Chart[11] 51
US Billboard 200[12] 50

References

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  1. ↑ Plasketes, George (April 22, 2016). Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums. Routledge. ISBN 9781317079743 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1152.
  3. ↑ "New and Noteworthy". Billboard. September 27, 1986. p. 77.
  4. ↑ AllMusic.com
  5. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Timbuk 3". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 182.
  7. ↑ Sasfy, Joe (October 3, 1986). "Wry" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  8. ↑ "Timbuk 3 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ↑ "Timbuk 3". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 310. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "TIMBUK 3 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Timbuk 3 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2018.


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