Line #58 Music/AllOverThePlace


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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:
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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:
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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''
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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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