Dark Sneak Love Action Explained

Dark Sneak Love Action
Type:Studio
Artist:Tom Tom Club
Cover:Dark Sneak Love Action CD album cover.jpg
Released:1991
Studio:Clubhouse
Genre:Funk rock[1]
Length:57:11
Label:Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records (U.S.)
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Producer:Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Bruce Martin, Mark Roule
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Dark Sneak Love Action is the fourth studio album by Tom Tom Club, released in 1991.[2] [3] It includes the band's cover version of the Hot Chocolate track, "You Sexy Thing."[4]

The album's final track, "Daddy Come Home," contains a sample of "Measure Up," a track from the band's 1983 album Close to the Bone.

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "experimental" and "funky." Trouser Press deemed it a "thoroughly delightful and diverse multi-cultural exposition on easygoing, sexy pop rhythmotics."[5]

Billboard called lead single "Sunshine and Ectasy" a "kinetic pop/dance gem."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Mark Roule and Bruce Martin except where noted.

  1. "Love Wave" – 5:13
  2. "Sunshine and Ecstasy" – 5:09
  3. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:46
  4. "Who Wants an Ugly Girl?" – 4:54
  5. "Say I Am" – 4:54
  6. "Irresistible Party Dip" – 5:11
  7. "Dark Sneak Love Action" – 4:21
  8. "Innocent Sex Kiss" – 4:00
  9. "Dogs in the Trash" – 4:28
  10. "My Mama Told Me" – 4:33
  11. "As the Disco Ball Turns" – 5:48
  12. "Daddy Come Home" (Frantz, Martin, Dougie Pincock, Roule, Weymouth) – 5:27

Personnel

Tom Tom Club

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buckley, Peter . The Rough Guide to Rock . . 1091 . 3rd . 2003 . 1-84353-105-4.
  2. Web site: Ex-Heads Say They Got Byrned : Split Still Miffs Frantz, Weymouth, Even Though Tom Tom Club Keeps Them Busy. September 10, 1992. Los Angeles Times.
  3. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. July 27, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Picks and Pans Review: Dark Sneak Love Action.
  5. Web site: Tom Tom Club . Trouser Press . 27 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Single Reviews. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. May 30, 1992. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.

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