Greetings from Timbuk3

Greetings from Timbuk3
Studio album by Timbuk 3
Released	October 1986
Studio	Dustbowl Studios (Hollywood, California) *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
Greetings from Timbuk3 (1986) Eden Alley (1988)
Singles from Greetings from Timbuk3
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" Released: September 1986 [3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	A− [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[2]

Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986. ^{[7] [8]} 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 ]}

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single." ^[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).

1. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – 3:21
2. "Life Is Hard" – 4:08
3. "Hairstyles and Attitudes" – 2:51
4. "Facts About Cats" – 3:16
5. "I Need You" – 3:50
6. "Just Another Movie" – 4:16
7. "Friction" – 3:44
8. "Cheap Black & White" – 2:54
9. "Shame On You" – 5:04 (Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald)
10. "I Love You in the Strangest Way" – 2:41

Personnel

Musicians

• Barbara K. MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 4, 9, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
• Pat MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin

Production

• Produced by Dennis Herring
• Engineers: Dennis Herring and Mark Teston

Charts

Chart performance for Greetings from Timbuk3

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [10]	86
UK Albums Chart [11]	51
US Billboard 200 [12]	50

References

1. Plasketes, George (April 22, 2016). Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums. Routledge. ISBN   9781317079743 – via Google Books.
2. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1152.
3. "New and Noteworthy". Billboard. September 27, 1986. p. 77.
4. AllMusic.com
5. "Robert Christgau: CG: Timbuk 3". www.robertchristgau.com.
6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 182.
7. Sasfy, Joe (October 3, 1986). "Wry" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
8. "Timbuk 3 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
9. "Timbuk 3". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 310. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
11. "TIMBUK 3 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
12. "Timbuk 3 Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved July 31, 2018.