All Over the Place (The Bangles album)

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All Over the Place
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Studio album by
The Bangles
ReleasedMay 23, 1984 (1984-05-23)
RecordedOctober 1983 – February 1984
StudioCrystal Sound and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Skyline Recording (Topanga, CA).
Genre
Length31:33
Label Columbia
Producer David Kahne
The Bangles chronology
Bangles
(1982)		All Over the Place
(1984)		 Different Light
(1986)
Singles from All Over the Place
  1. "Hero Takes a Fall"
    Released: June 1984 [2]
  2. "Going Down to Liverpool"
    Released: September 1984 [3]
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Christgau's Record Guide A− [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [7]

All Over the Place is the debut studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles. Released in 1984 by Columbia Records, the sound is lively and shows more Bangles collaboration and fewer keyboard overdubs than were used later on their more commercially successful albums. Although the album was not a major commercial success – peaking at #80 on the Billboard 200 albums chart – and did not produce a hit, it sold respectably, mostly through steady airplay on college stations. It also gave them the chance to perform as an opening act for Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis and the News, and brought the group to the attention of Prince, who would write "Manic Monday", their first hit.

Contents

Two singles were released from this album: "Hero Takes a Fall", which peaked outside the UK Top 40, and "Going Down to Liverpool", written by Kimberley Rew of Katrina and the Waves, [8] which won the Bangles the BPI Award, the British equivalent of the Grammy. The video for "Going Down to Liverpool" features Leonard Nimoy, who plays the part of the band's chauffeur.

The album was reissued in 2008 on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 9220) adding a bonus track: "Hero Takes a Fall" (Single Remix). In 2010, UK label Cherry Pop re-released the album with one bonus track, their cover of The Grass Roots "Where Were You When I Needed You", which was originally released as the b-side to "Hero Takes a Fall".

Commercial performance

The album spent 30 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #80 in November 1984. [9]

Critical reception

Reviewing for The Village Voice in October 1984, Robert Christgau found the songs "thoroughly realized in both the writing and playing", with "familiar heart-stopping harmonies", and wrote in conclusion: "Though the style is as derivative and even retro as on EP, they don't seem to be dabbling any more. Maybe they project such confidence because they know exactly what they want to say: don't fuck me over." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Hero Takes a Fall" Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson Hoffs2:54
2."Live" (cover of The Merry-Go-Round, 1967) Emitt Rhodes Debbi Peterson 2:36
3."James"V. PetersonHoffs2:36
4."All About You"V. PetersonV. Peterson2:26
5."Dover Beach"Hoffs, V. PetersonHoffs3:48
6."Tell Me"Hoffs, V. PetersonHoffs and V. Peterson2:15
7."Restless"Hoffs, V. PetersonV. Peterson2:41
8."Going Down to Liverpool" (cover of Katrina and the Waves, 1983) Kimberley Rew D. Peterson3:41
9."He's Got a Secret"V. PetersonHoffs2:42
10."Silent Treatment"V. PetersonV. Peterson2:07
11."More Than Meets the Eye"V. PetersonV. Peterson and D. Peterson3:19

Notes

"James" was originally sung by Vicki Peterson but the lead vocals were sung by Hoffs by the time the album was recorded. The song's opening chords echo their arrangement of "The Rock and Roll Alternative Program Theme Song", [11] recorded in 1982 for DJ George Gimarc's syndicated radio show (and later included on the band's Ladies and Gentlemen... The Bangles! retrospective of early material, released in 2014).

"Hero Takes a Fall" was given a subtle remix for its single release. It was backed by the non-album track "Where Were You When I Needed You", a cover of The Grass Roots tune by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. The single mix and B-side were both included on the Bangles' Greatest Hits compilation in 1990.

Personnel

The Bangles

Guest musician

Production

Charts

Chart performance for All Over the Place
Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 86
US Billboard 200 [15] 80

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