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Released | September 1981 | |||
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Length | 38:45 | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Q | [3] |
Record Mirror | [4] |
Smash Hits | 6/10 [5] |
Uncut | [6] |
Happy Birthday is the debut studio album by Scottish new wave band Altered Images, released in 1981. It was chiefly produced by Steven Severin and recorded at Rockfield Studios, with the exception of the title track, which was produced by Martin Rushent and recorded at Genetic Sound. "Happy Birthday" became the band's biggest hit, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart in October 1981. [7]
Happy Birthday reached number 26 on the UK Albums Chart [7] and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. [8]
Happy Birthday was released on LP and cassette in 1981 by Epic Records in the United Kingdom and Portrait Records in the United States. The US edition of the album features an re-recording, produced by Martin Rushent, of the track "Insects", in place of the original Steven Severin-produced version included on the UK edition.
Happy Birthday was reissued on CD several times in the 1990s. In 2004, Edsel Records issued an expanded edition of Happy Birthday, entitled Happy Birthday... Plus, on CD, which contained the original album along with six bonus tracks, including the band's first single "Dead Pop Stars" (which had peaked at number 67 in the UK earlier in 1981, [7] but was not included on the original album). The album was reissued again in December 2016 as a 180-gram black vinyl LP, with a bonus 7" on red vinyl. It was then reissued in April 2017 as a double LP set for Record Store Day on 180-gram black vinyl, containing additional period material not included on the previous bonus 7".
All tracks are written by Altered Images, except where noted.
Side one
Side two
Happy Birthday... Plus bonus tracks
2016 reissue bonus 7"
2017 Record Store Day reissue bonus LP
Side one
Side two
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9] [10]
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The liner notes contain the following dedication: "Thanks to Janet and the Ice Bergs, John Peel and Ginge with special thanks to Ceaser, Bobby, Kathleen and a very special hug for cheesy agency Ian Wilson at Wasted Talent".
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