Greetings from Timbuk3 | ||||
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Released | October 1986 | |||
Recorded | Dustbowl Studios (Hollywood) *except "Hairstyles and Attitudes" at Lone Star Studios (Austin, Texas) | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 36:05 | |||
Label | I.R.S. [1] | |||
Producer | Dennis Herring [2] | |||
Timbuk 3 chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greetings from Timbuk3 | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Robert Christgau | A− [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986. [6] [7] The album contains their only charting single, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades," which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The songs "Life is Hard" and "Shame on You" were used in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and were included on the film's accompanying soundtrack album.[ citation needed ]
Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single." [8]
All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).
Chart | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [9] | 86 |
UK Albums Chart [10] | 51 |
US Billboard 200 [11] | 50 |
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