I Don't Speak the Language

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I Don't Speak the Language
Matthew Wilder - I Don't Speak the Language.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1983 [1]
Recorded1983, Conway Studios (Hollywood) and Sound Castle (Los Angeles).
Genre New wave, synth-pop
Length34:22
Label Private-I, Epic
Producer Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Bill Elliot (for RIPE Productions)
Matthew Wilder chronology
I Don't Speak the Language
(1983)
Bouncin' Off the Walls
(1984)

I Don't Speak the Language is the debut studio album by American musician Matthew Wilder, released in 1983 on Private-I and Epic Records. It spawned Wilder's signature hit "Break My Stride".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Break My Stride" (Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino) - 3:04
  2. "The Kid's American" (Wilder) - 4:36
  3. "I Don't Speak the Language" (Wilder, Barbara Hyde) - 4:45
  4. "Love Above the Ground Floor" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:13
  5. "World of the Rich and Famous" (Wilder, Roscoe Beck) - 4:43
  6. "Ladder of Lovers" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:04
  7. "I Was There" (Wilder) - 3:01
  8. "Dreams Keep Bringing You Back" (Wilder, Prestopino) - 4:36
  9. "I Don't Speak the Language" (Reprise) - 1:20

Personnel

Source: [2]

Production

Charts

Chart (1983/84)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 95
US Billboard 200 [4] 49

References

  1. "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. October 10, 1983. p. 10.
  2. Personnel and production information at Discogs
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 337. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Matthew Wilder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2024.