Mange Tout

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Mange Tout
Blancmange - Mange Tout.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1984
RecordedAugust–November 1983
Studio
Genre
Length43:26
Label London
Producer
  • Blancmange ("Game Above My Head")
  • Peter Collins ("Don't Tell Me")
  • John Luongo (all others)
  • John Owen Williams ("Game Above My Head")
Blancmange chronology
Happy Families
(1982)
Mange Tout
(1984)
Believe You Me
(1985)
Singles from Mange Tout
  1. "Blind Vision"
    Released: April 1983
  2. "That's Love, That It Is"
    Released: November 1983
  3. "Don't Tell Me"
    Released: March 1984
  4. "The Day Before You Came"
    Released: July 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Smash Hits Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Mange Tout is the second studio album by the English synth-pop duo Blancmange, released in May 1984 by London Records. It was Blancmange's most successful studio album, peaking at number eight on the UK Albums Chart [4] and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 25 January 1985 for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. [5] The album contained four UK top-40 singles, two of which reached the top 10. [6] The fourth single to be released and final track on the album is a cover version of ABBA's song "The Day Before You Came".

Contents

In addition to the usual vinyl and cassette release, a limited-edition vinyl picture disc was also released. The album was later released on CD, and a remastered deluxe edition was released by Edsel Records in 2008, which featured a second disc of remixes and B-sides.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, except "The Day Before You Came", written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Tell Me"3:31
2."Game Above My Head"3:58
3."Blind Vision"3:56
4."Time Became the Tide"4:49
5."That's Love, That It Is"4:22
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Murder"5:58
7."See the Train"2:04
8."All Things Are Nice"4:59
9."My Baby"3:59
10."The Day Before You Came"5:50
Total length:43:26
2008 CD reissue disc one (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
11."Game Above My Head" (long version)7:13
2008 CD reissue disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Blind Vision" (long version)9:39
2."Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is"3:24
3."On Our Way To?"5:37
4."That's Love That It Is" (extended)6:35
5."Vishnu" (full length)5:20
6."That's Love That It Is" (remix)7:34
7."Vishnu" (instrumental)4:52
8."Don't Tell Me" (extended)6:25
9."Get Out of That"4:26
10."Feel Me" (live version)6:25
11."All Things Are Nice" (version)4:24
12."The Day Before You Came" (extended)7:59

Personnel

Blancmange

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Except "Don't Tell Me" and "Time Became the Tide"
  2. "Time Became the Tide"
  3. "Don't Tell Me"

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