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3 | Released in 1984, ''All Over the Place'' is the debut studio album by Music/TheBangles, a California PowerPop group. Mostly popular on college radio at the time, ''All Over the Place'' gained the group a higher profile and set them on their way to pop stardom throughout the decade. In the wake of [[BlackSheepHit several uncharacteristic hits]], [[FirstInstallmentWins the band's debut has developed a reputation as their best and most representative album.]] |
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6 | !! Tracklist: |
7 | |
8 | # "Hero Takes a Fall" (2:54) |
9 | # "Live" (2:36) |
10 | # "James" (2:36) |
11 | # "All About You" (2:26) |
12 | # "Dover Beach" (3:48) |
13 | # "Tell Me" (2:15) |
14 | # "Restless" (2:41) |
15 | # "Going Down to Liverpool" (3:41) |
16 | # "He's Got a Secret" (2:42) |
17 | # "Silent Treatment" (2:07) |
18 | # "More Than Meets the Eye" (3:19) |
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21 | !!Principal Members: |
22 | |
23 | * Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, vocals |
24 | * Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, vocals |
25 | * Debbi Peterson – drums, vocals |
26 | * [[Music/TheRunaways Michael Steele]] – bass guitar |
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29 | !! ''Troping Down to Liverpool'' |
30 | |
31 | * AntiLoveSong: "James", ye gods. |
32 | --> ''I must have been a masochist to ever take up with you, James...'' |
33 | * BreakupSong: Several songs deal with relationships on the rocks, but "Tell Me" is the clearest example. |
34 | --> ''One, two, three abandon me'' |
35 | --> ''Ain't no turning back again'' |
36 | --> ''Well too bad, baby, this time you lose'' |
37 | --> '' 'Cause I'm movin' on'' |
38 | * BSide: "Where Were You When I Needed You?", a cover song and the b-side of "Hero Takes A Fall", is a fixture of [[GreatestHitsAlbum band compilations.]] |
39 | * CelebrityCameo: Creator/LeonardNimoy appears as the band's chauffeur in the "Going Down To Liverpool" video. |
40 | * CoverVersion: |
41 | ** "Live" was a minor hit in 1967 for The Merry-Go-Round, a now-obscure band featuring singer-songwriter Emitt Rhodes. |
42 | ** Kimberley Rew, who wrote the song, would later re-record "Going Down To Liverpool" with [[Music/KatrinaAndTheWaves his band]]. |
43 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover. |
44 | * EightiesHair: Look at the cover, let alone the videos! |
45 | * FaceOnTheCover: The band sitting in an empty building. |
46 | * FrenchMaidOutfit: A remarkably eighties-styled variant appears in the "Hero Takes A Fall" video. |
47 | * LazyBum: |
48 | --> ''I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing all the days of my life!'' |
49 | ** It's worth noting that a [=UB40=] is a form for requesting unemployment benefits in England. |
50 | * LetsDuet: "Tell Me" (Susannah and Vicki), "More Than Meets The Eye" (Susannah and Debbi) |
51 | * LoveIsAWeakness: "Hero Takes A Fall" |
52 | --> ''Emotion is a virtue'' |
53 | --> ''For you, it is the one [[FatalFlaw fatal flaw]]'' |
54 | --> ''Sitting on your throne and drinking,'' |
55 | --> ''Thinking she'll return your call...'' |
56 | * NonAppearingTitle: "Dover Beach" and "Silent Treatment" |
57 | * OneManSong: "James" |
58 | * OneWordTitle: "Live" and "Restless" |
59 | * ShoutOut: "Dover Beach" is named after a famous poem by Matthew Arnold. |
60 | * TeacherStudentRomance: As per WordOfGod, "James" was inspired by a college professor involved with a mutual friend of the band. [[AntiLoveSong It clearly didn't end well.]] |
61 | * ThisIsReality: "Dover Beach" |
62 | --> ''The world is noone's dream''\ |
63 | ''We will never find the time...'' |
64 | * VocalTagTeam: Typically for the Bangles, the lead singing duties are shared. Susannah Hoffs gets lead duties on "Hero Takes A Fall", "James", "Dover Beach", and "He's Got a Secret" while Vicki Peterson ("All About You", "Restless", "Silent Treatment") and Debbi Peterson ("Live", "Going Down To Liverpool") get turns on lead. |
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