Dumb Waiters

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Dumb Waiters
The Korgis - Dumb Waiters.jpg
Studio album by
The Korgis
ReleasedJuly 1980 (1980-07)
RecordedOctober 1979 – March 1980
Genre
Length34:33
Label Rialto Records (UK)
Asylum Records (U.S.)
Producer The Korgis, David Lord
The Korgis chronology
The Korgis
(1979)		Dumb Waiters
(1980)		 Sticky George
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Smash Hits 7½/10 [2]

Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band the Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.

Contents

The album peaked #40 at UK chart and includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright with You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".

Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent Running"Warren3:05
2."Love Ain't Too Far Away"Davis3:29
3."Perfect Hostess"Davis3:21
4."Drawn and Quartered"Warren3:20
5."Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (1999 CD edition includes alternate version)Warren4:24
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Intimate"Davis3:08
7."It's No Good Unless You Love Me"Warren3:24
8."Dumb Waiters"Warren2:42
9."If It's Alright with You Baby"Warren4:06
10."Rover's Return"Davis3:34

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 72

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Release history

Single releases

Format: 7" unless otherwise noted

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References

  1. ↑ Dumb Waiters at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Cranna, Ian. "Albums". Smash Hits (July 10–23, 1980): 31.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 170. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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