Living in the Background (album)

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All tracks are written by Naimy Hackett and Maurizio Bassi.

Living in the Background
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US and Canadian cover
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1985
Genre
Length34:01
Label EMI
Producer Maurizio Bassi
Baltimora chronology
Living in the Background
(1985)
Survivor in Love
(1987)
Singles from Living in the Background
  1. "Tarzan Boy"
    Released: April 1985
  2. "Woody Boogie"
    Released: 1985
  3. "Living in the Background"
    Released: 1985
  4. "Juke Box Boy"
    Released: 1986
No.TitleLength
1."Tarzan Boy"6:15
2."Pull the Wires"4:46
3."Living in the Background"6:06
4."Woody Boogie"5:50
5."Chinese Restaurant"5:14
6."Running for Your Love"5:50
Total length:34:01
UK edition
No.TitleLength
1."Tarzan Boy" (12″ Summer version)6:41
2."Pull the Wires"4:46
3."Living in the Background"6:06
4."Tarzan Boy" (7″ Summer version)3:27
5."Woody Boogie" (12″ Jump mix)5:50
6."Chinese Restaurant"5:14
7."Running for Your Love"5:50
8."Woody Boogie"3:37
Canadian edition (1986)
No.TitleLength
1."Tarzan Boy" (Single version) 
2."Living in the Background" (Remix by John Luongo) 
3."Juke Box Boy" 
4."Pull the Wires" 
5."Woody Boogie" 
6."Chinese Restaurant" 
7."Running for Your Love" 
8."Up with Baltimora" 
1993 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
7."Tarzan Boy" (Summer version)6:40
8."Juke Box Boy"3:42
9."Up with Baltimora"2:51
10."Tarzan Boy" (Remix 1993)3:43
11."Jungle Life" (Dub)5:00
12."Tarzan Boy" (Extended mix)5:29

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Living in the Background
Chart (1985–1986)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 49
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 18
US Billboard 200 [7] 49

Certifications

Certifications for Living in the Background
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [8] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "60 Great Albums You Probably Haven't Heard". Vulture . 10 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. "Review: Baltimora – Living in the Background". Music Week . 30 November 1985. p. 24. ISSN   0265-1548.
  3. "Vers et prose : morceaux choisis : Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898, page 102 to 106". 21 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2022 via Internet Archive.
  4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0624". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Baltimora". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 24. ISBN   978-952-7460-01-6.
  6. "Swedishcharts.com – Baltimora – Living in the Background". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. "Billboard 200 – Week of March 15, 1986". Billboard . Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. "Canadian album certifications – Baltimora – Living in the Background". Music Canada.