Tensongs

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Tensongs
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Studio album by
Hubert Kah
Released1986
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Label Blow Up, CBS, Sony, Curb Records, Polydor
Producer Michael Cretu, Armand Volker
Hubert Kah chronology
Goldene Zeiten
(1984)		Tensongs
(1986)		 Sound of My Heart
(1989)

Tensongs is the fourth studio album by the German synthpop band Hubert Kah, and their first English language album, released in 1986. It was produced by Michael Cretu and Armand Volker. Three singles were released from the album: "Limousine", "Something I Should Know" and "Love Is So Sensible". [1] [2] [3] The opening track "Pogo the Clown" is based on the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy. "Get Strange" featured on the 1986 film Rad . [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pogo the Clown"Markus Löhr, Nikolai Karo, Hubert Kemmler, Klaus Hirschburger, Ken Taylor3:30
2."Lonesome Cowboy"Löhr, Karo, Kemmler, Hirschburger, Taylor4:06
3."Drowning"Löhr, Karo, Kemmler, Taylor3:47
4."Something I Should Know"Karo, Kemmler, Taylor3:29
5."Explain the World in a Word"Löhr, Karo, Kemmler, Taylor4:11
6."Love is So Sensible"Ulrich Herter, Matthew Peevers3:48
7."Get Strange"Löhr, Karo, Kemmler, Richard Palmer-James3:06
8."That Girl"Karo, Kemmler, Taylor3:51
9."Limousine"Löhr, Kemmler, Hirschburger, Susanne Müller4:02
10."Under My Skin"Löhr, Kemmler, Palmer-James4:24
1986 Japanese CD reissue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."The Picture (remix)"Kemmler, Löhr, Hirschburger, James, Killer3:25

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)Peak
position
German Albums Chart [5] 35
Swiss Albums Chart [6] 21

Singles

Limousine

Chart (1986)Peak
position
German Singles Chart [7] 8
Swiss Singles Chart [8] 25

Something I Should Know

Chart (1986)Peak
position
German Singles Chart [9] 49

Personnel

Hubert Kah
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Hubert Kah - Limousine / Drowning - Blow Up - Germany - INT 110.575". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Hubert Kah - Something I Should Know (Remix) / Lonesome Cowboy - Blow Up - Germany - INT 110.598". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Hubert Kah - Limousine / Drowning - Curb - Netherlands - 884 965-7". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. ↑ "Rad - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Tensongs". Germancharts.de. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Something I Should Know". Germancharts.de. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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