| Close to the Bone | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tom Tom Club |
| Cover: | Tom Tom Club - Close to the Bone.jpg |
| Released: | July 1983 |
| Studio: | Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas |
| Length: | 37:32 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley |
| Prev Title: | Tom Tom Club |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Close to the Bone is the second studio album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Tom Tom Club's musicians were: Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz, Roddy Frantz, Rupert Hine, Raymond Jones, Steve Scales, Steven Stanley, Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on compact disc for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, Tom Tom Club, as part of Universal Music's deluxe editions series.
Two tracks from the album were released as singles, "Pleasure of Love" and "The Man with the 4-Way Hips", the latter reaching number 82 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1983.[1]
All tracks composed by the Tom Tom Club
Bonus tracks:
The album spent 13 weeks on the US Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of number 73 in early September 1983.