Greetings from Timbuk3 explained

Greetings from Timbuk3
Type:	studio
Artist:	Timbuk 3
Cover:	Greetings From Timbuk 3.jpg
Released:	October 1986
Studio:	Dustbowl Studios (Hollywood, California) *except "Hairstyles and Attitudes" at Lone Star Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre:	Rock
Length:	36:05
Label:	I.R.S.^[1]
Producer:	Dennis Herring
Next Title:	Eden Alley
Next Year:	1988

Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986.^{[2] [3]} The album contains their only charting single, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades", which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The songs "Life Is Hard" and "Shame on You" were used in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and were included on the film's accompanying soundtrack album.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single."^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).

1. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – 3:21
2. "Life Is Hard" – 4:08
3. "Hairstyles and Attitudes" – 2:51
4. "Facts About Cats" – 3:16
5. "I Need You" – 3:50
6. "Just Another Movie" – 4:16
7. "Friction" – 3:44
8. "Cheap Black & White" – 2:54
9. "Shame On You" – 5:04 (Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald)
10. "I Love You in the Strangest Way" – 2:41

Personnel

Musicians

• Barbara K. MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 4, 9, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
• Pat MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin

Production

• Produced by Dennis Herring
• Engineers: Dennis Herring and Mark Teston

Charts

Chart performance for Greetings from Timbuk3!Chart (1986)!Peak
position

Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	86
UK Albums Chart^[6]	51
US Billboard 200^[7]	50

Notes and References

1. Book: Plasketes, George. Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums. April 22, 2016. Routledge. 9781317079743. Google Books.
2. Web site: Wry. Joe. Sasfy. October 3, 1986. www.washingtonpost.com.
3. Web site: Timbuk 3 | Biography & History. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Timbuk 3 . Trouser Press . 7 February 2021.
5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 310.
6. Web site: TIMBUK 3 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 31 July 2018.
7. Web site: Timbuk 3 Chart History. 31 July 2018.