Vicious Rumors (Timex Social Club album)

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Vicious Rumors
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Studio album by
Timex Social Club
Released1986
Studio Fantasy Studios, Starlight Studios
Genre New jack swing, [1] post-disco
Label Danya/Reality/Fantasy Records
Producer Jay Logan, Michael Marshall
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Vicious Rumors is the only studio album from the R&B band Timex Social Club, released in 1986. It contains a re-recording of the group's Billboard Hot 100 top ten and R&B number one hit "Rumors", as well as the follow-up R&B hits "Thinkin' About Ya" and "Mixed Up World".

Contents

Music videos were made for "Rumors" [3] and "Mixed Up World". [4]

Recording and release

In July 1986, while "Rumors" was still rising on the charts, the Timex Social Club split with producer Jay King and arranged to record an album with Danya Records. [5] [6] The album was recorded at Fantasy Studios and distributed by Fantasy Records in the US (A&M in Canada; Mercury in Europe; CBS/Sony in Japan) and produced by Jay Logan. [7] "Rumors" was re-recorded for the album [7] and a music video was made to this new version. Two follow-up singles, "Thinkin' About Ya" and "Mixed-Up World", both reached number 15 on the Black Singles chart. [8] [9] As "Rumors" became popular outside of the US in the fall of 1986, it was this re-recorded version that charted in Canada and Europe.

The album debuted on Billboard's Black Albums chart on 6 December 1986 at number 65. [8] It bounced around that chart for 41 weeks, kept alive by its singles, but it peaked only at number 29 (on 21 March 1987), and failed to chart on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [8] Timex Social Club disbanded shortly after, in 1987. [10]

Track listings

No.TitleLength
1."Rumors (Marshall, Marcus Thompson, Alex Hill)"5:47
2."Thinkin' About Ya"5:57
3."Just Kickin' It (Marshall, Bob Spencer, Chris Jordan)"5:19
4."Only You"4:18
5."Mixed Up World"5:20
6."Cokelife"4:52
7."Go Away Little Girl (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)"4:20
8."360° (Natty Prep) (Marshall, Spencer, Jordan)"6:27
9."Vicious Rumors (Euromix) (Marshall, Thompson, Hill)"4:18

U.S. version

  1. "Rumors"
  2. "Thinkin' About Ya'"
  3. "Mixed Up World"
  4. "Only You"
  5. "Vicious Rumors (Euromix)
  6. "Just Kickin' It"
  7. "Go Away Little Girl"
  8. "Cokelife"
  9. "360° (Natty Prep)"

(all track lengths are the same as on other versions)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Eddy, Chuck (March 2011). "Essentials: R&B Rubs Hip-Hop the Right Way and the New Jack Swing Era Is Born". Spin . New York: 84. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Vicious Rumors - Timex Social Club at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Timex Social Club- "Rumors". Via YouTube. Retrieved 10-29-2010.
  4. ↑ Timex Social Club- "Mixed Up World". Via YouTube. Retrieved 10-29-2010.
  5. ↑ Chin, Brian (July 12, 1986). "Rumors Surround Timex Social Club: Splinter Group—Jet Set—Forms". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 28. p.  24. ISSN   0006-2510.
  6. ↑ Goodman, Fred (August 23, 1986). "A Hit Single on a Shoestring: Jay King Produced Timex's 'Rumors'". Billboard . Vol. 98, no. 34. p.  79. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. 1 2 Gross, Jonathan (February 1987). "Cold Busted: Timex Social Club Takes a Licking and Stops Ticking". Flash. Spin . Vol. 2, no. 11. Bob Guccione, Jr. p.  10. ISSN   0886-3032.
  8. 1 2 3 Billboard magazine archives.
  9. ↑ "Timex Social Club Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  10. ↑ Wynn, Ron (2003). "Timex Social Club". In Bogdanov, Vladimir (ed.). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. All Media Guide. Backbeat Books. p.  unk. ISBN   9781617134968.


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