Designer Music Explained

Designer Music
Type:studio
Artist:Lipps Inc.
Cover:Lippsdesignermusic.jpg
Released:1981
Genre:Post-disco, new wave, synthpop
Length:32:44
Label:Casablanca NBLP 7262
Producer:Steven Greenberg
Prev Title:Pucker Up
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:4
Next Year:1983

Designer Music is the third album by American disco act Lipps, Inc., and the last featuring Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals. It was released in 1981 on Casablanca Records.

The tracks "Hold Me Down" along with the title track became a hit in 1981 peaking at number eleven on the American dance chart. While the song "Designer Music" failed to catch real attention in American dance charts, it made a lasting imprint in the Mexican and Philippine Disco scenes during the early 1980s as it was a certified disco smash hit and is a staple in discos being held at any part of the country.[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Designer Music" – 5:40
  2. "Hold Me Down" – 5:25
  3. "The One" – 3:42
  4. "The One After" – 2:10

Side two

  1. "Everybody Knows" – 4:36
  2. "I Need Some Cash" – 4:57
  3. "Background Singer" – 2:23
  4. "Things Take Time" – 3:51

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 156.