Vacation is an Electronic album by Go-Go's, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 82 pressings tracked, owned by 43 collectors.
About
<i>Vacation</i> is to <i>Beauty and the Beat</i> what The Clash’s <i>Give ‘Em Enough Rope</i> is to <i>The Clash</i>: a hastily-assembled album that attempts to recreate the impact of a smashing debut. Among Go-Go’s fans, <i>Vacation</i> has always been unfairly maligned as the ugly stepsister to the band’s breakthrough debut. Yet, beyond its diamond title track — with “Our Lips Are Sealed,” the band’s most immortal pop confection — <i>Vacation</i> matches its predecessor pound for pound, even if the punk roots that were still in evidence on <i>Beauty and the Beat</i> have been completely smoothed over. “He’s So Strange,” “We Don’t Get Along,” and “I Think It’s Me” continue the band’s talent for inscribing the confusion of teenage romance with candy melodies, while “It’s Everything but Partytime” and “World’s Away” give voice to a darker undercurrent lying behind the group’s cheery façade. Even though rifts in the group were starting to grow, “Beatnik Beach,” “Cool Jerk” and the Jane Wiedlin-led “Girl of 100 Lists” show that the Go-Go’s were still the snappiest, smartest band in the New Wave class.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Vacation2:57
- A2He's So Strange2:55
- A3Girl Of 100 Lists2:16
- A4I Think It's Me2:40
- A5We Don't Get Along2:42
- A6It's Everything But Partytime3:18
Side B
- B1Get Up And Go3:15
- B2This Old Feeling3:04
- B3Cool Jerk2:52
- B4The Way You Dance2:54
- B5Beatnik Beach2:50
- B6Worlds Away3:58
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- jangly
- euphoric
- summer
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing denoted by "MR" in runouts.
Issued with custom lyric/credit inner sleeve.
Recorded at:
Studio 55 Hollywood, California
Indigo Ranch Malibu, California
Mixed at:
Record Plant New York, New York
Indigo Ranch Malibu, California
Tracks A4 and A5 are reversed from order on label.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Belinda CarlisleLEAD GUITAR LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Charlotte CaffeyBACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Gina SchockBACKING VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BACKING BAND
- Jane WiedlinBACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS RHYTHM GUITAR
- Kathy ValentineBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Steve BerlinSAXOPHONE
43 collectors on Gatefold own this · 82 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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