Hand to Mouth (album)

Hand to Mouth
Studio album by General Public
Released	6 October 1986 [1]
Genre	New wave
Length	42:46
Label	I.R.S. [2]
Producer	Dave Wakeling David Leonard Ranking Roger
General Public chronology
All the Rage (1984) Hand to Mouth (1986) Rub It Better (1995)
Singles from Hand to Mouth
"Come Again" Released: 1986 "Faults and All" Released: 1986 "Too Much or Nothing" Released: 1986 "In Conversation" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Hand to Mouth is the second studio album by the English new wave band General Public, released on 6 October 1986 by I.R.S. Records. ^{[2] [6]}

The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression." ^[8]

Track listing

1. "Come Again!" – 3:43 (Mickey Billingham, David Wakeling)
2. "Faults and All" – 3:35 (Roger Charlery, Horace Panter, Wakeling)
3. "Forward as One" – 6:08 (Wakeling)
4. "Murder" – 4:22 (Billingham, Wakeling)
5. "Cheque in the Post" – 3:39 (Billingham, Charlery)
6. "Too Much or Nothing" – 4:25 (Wakeling)
7. "Love Without the Fun" – 3:29 (Billingham, Wakeling)
8. "In Conversation" – 5:43 (Billingham, Charlery)
9. "Never All There" – 4:04 (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
10. "Cry on Your Own Shoulder" – 3:54 (Charlery, Wakeling)

1993 I.R.S. Records re-issue bonus tracks

1. "General Public" (12" Version) (Charlery, Wakeling)
2. "Limited Balance" (Charlery, Wakeling)
3. "All the Rage" (Billingham, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, Panter, Kevin White)
4. "Taking the Day Off" (Wakeling)
5. "Day to Day" (Live) (Charlery, Wakeling)
6. "Where's the Line?" (Live) (Billingham, Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
7. "Tenderness (Live)" (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
8. "Hot You're Cool (Live)" (Billingham Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)

All writing credits as per ASCAP database.

Personnel

General Public

• Dave Wakeling – vocals, guitar
• Ranking Roger – vocals
• Gianni Minardi – guitar
• Horace Panter – bass
• Mickey Billingham – keyboards
• Mario Minardi – drums

with:

• Saxa – saxophone
• Steve Brennan – violin
• Gaspar Lawal – percussion
• Pato Banton – toasting
• Digby Cleaver – rap
• Justine Carpenter, Sandra Loban – vocals

Technical

• Martin Burgoyne – cover art ^[9]
• Peter Ashworth – photography ^[9]
• C More Tone – design ^[9]

References

1. Dobrin, Gregory (13 September 1986). "Points West" (PDF). Cash Box: 10.
2. Brogan, Daniel. "GENERAL PUBLIC STRONG ON NEW 'HAND TO MOUTH' ALBUM". chicagotribune.com.
3. Hand to Mouth at AllMusic
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 715.
5. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 276.
6. Legaspi, Althea (27 March 2019). "English Beat, General Public's Ranking Roger Dead at 56".
7. "General Public". Billboard.
8. "(English) Beat". Trouser Press . Retrieved 10 August 2020.
9. Hand to Mouth - General Public | Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 3 August 2021