Hand to Mouth (album) explained

Hand to Mouth
Type:	studio
Artist:	General Public
Cover:	Hand To Mouth.jpg
Released:	1986
Genre:	New wave
Length:	42:46
Label:	I.R.S.^[1]
Producer:	Dave Wakeling, David Leonard, Ranking Roger
Prev Title:	All the Rage
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Rub It Better
Next Year:	1995

Hand to Mouth is the second studio album by English new wave band General Public, released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records.^{[1] [2]}

The album peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the music goes down smoothly enough, but without any lasting impression."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Come Again!" – 3:43 (Mickey Billingham, David Wakeling)
2. "Faults and All" – 3:35 (Roger Charlery, Horace Panter, Wakeling)
3. "Forward as One" – 6:08 (Wakeling)
4. "Murder" – 4:22 (Billingham, Wakeling)
5. "Cheque in the Post" – 3:39 (Billingham, Charlery)
6. "Too Much or Nothing" – 4:25 (Wakeling)
7. "Love Without the Fun" – 3:29 (Billingham, Wakeling)
8. "In Conversation" – 5:43 (Billingham, Charlery)
9. "Never All There" – 4:04 (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
10. "Cry on Your Own Shoulder" – 3:54 (Charlery, Wakeling)

1993 I.R.S. Records re-issue bonus tracks

1. "General Public" (12" Version) (Charlery, Wakeling)
2. "Limited Balance" (Charlery, Wakeling)
3. "All the Rage" (Billingham, Andy "Stoker" Growcott, Panter, Kevin White)
4. "Taking the Day Off" (Wakeling)
5. "Day to Day" (Live) (Charlery, Wakeling)
6. "Where's the Line?" (Live) (Billingham, Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)
7. "Tenderness (Live)" (Billingham, Charlery, Wakeling)
8. "Hot You're Cool (Live)" (Billingham Charlery, Panter, Wakeling)

All writing credits as per ASCAP database.

Personnel

General Public

• Dave Wakeling – vocals, guitar
• Ranking Roger – vocals
• Gianni Minardi – guitar
• Horace Panter – bass
• Mickey Billingham – keyboards
• Mario Minardi – drums

with:

• Saxa – saxophone
• Steve Brennan – violin
• Gaspar Lawal – percussion
• Pato Banton – toasting
• Digby Cleaver – rap
• Justine Carpenter, Sandra Loban - vocals

Technical

• Martin Burgoyne – cover art
• Peter Ashworth – photography
• C More Tone – design

Notes and References

1. Web site: GENERAL PUBLIC STRONG ON NEW 'HAND TO MOUTH' ALBUM. Daniel. Brogan. chicagotribune.com.
2. Web site: English Beat, General Public's Ranking Roger Dead at 56. Althea. Legaspi. March 27, 2019.
3. Web site: General Public. Billboard.
4. Web site: (English) Beat . Trouser Press . 10 August 2020.