Downtown Rockers Explained

Downtown Rockers
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tom Tom Club
Cover:	Tom Tom Club - Downtown Rockers.jpg
Alt:	A black-and-white photo of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth dressed in leather jackets and shades
Studio:	Clubhouse Music
Language:	English
Label:	Nacional
Producer:	Chris Frantz
Prev Title:	The Good, the Bad, and the Funky
Prev Year:	2000

Downtown Rockers is the sixth studio album by American rock band Tom Tom Club, released on Nacional Records. The release received positive reception. A music video was produced for the title track.

Reception

The editorial staff at AllMusic Guide gave the album four out of five stars, with reviewer Fred Thomas writing, "every song feeling more natural, relaxed, and groovy than the last". Hilary Saunders of Paste rated this album a 6.8 out of 10, characterizing it as "a much-needed filler in the wide-ranging void that is the modern dance scene" that has strong instrumentation and weak lyrics.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Frantz, Bruce Martin, Pablo Martin, and Tina Weymouth

1. "Downtown Rockers" – 4:08
2. "Won't Give You Up" – 4:29
3. "You Make Me Rock and Roll" – 4:17
4. "Kissin' Antonio" – 3:43
5. "Sweets to the Sweet" – 4:34
6. "Downtown Rockers" (Ed Stasium E-Dub Mix) – 6:35
7. "Downtown Rockers" (Arthur Baker Superstar DJ Mix) – 7:35
8. "Kissin' Antonio" (Entro & Ginseng Short Mix) – 5:44
9. "Kissin' Antonio" (DJ Latin Bitman Mix) – 3:47

Personnel

Tom Tom Club

• Chris Frantz – artwork, drums, percussion, production, vocals
• Bruce Martin – keyboards, percussion
• Pablo Martin – guitar
• Tina Weymouth – artwork, bass guitar, overdub engineering, percussion engineering, production, synthesizer, tambourine, vocal engineering, vocals

Additional personnel

• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Tyler Bird – engineering, mixing, vocal engineering
• Victoria Clamp – vocals
• Egan Frantz – package design
• Ed Stasium – mixing