Paint and Paint explained

Paint and Paint
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Haircut One Hundred
Cover:	Paint-and-paint.jpg
Caption:	LP cover (HCLP1)
Released:	6 July 1984^[1]
Recorded:	The Roundhouse, Air and Jacob's Studios, England
Genre:	New wave
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Bob Sargeant, John Punter, Mark Dearnley, Haircut One Hundred
Prev Title:	Pelican West
Prev Year:	1982

Paint and Paint is the second and final studio album by the British new wave band Haircut One Hundred, released in 1984 by Polydor Records. It was their only album released after the early 1983 departure of lead singer Nick Heyward. As a result, the band's percussionist, Marc Fox, assumed lead vocal duties. The band's longtime drummer Blair Cunningham performs on the album, but was not listed as an official member.

Unlike the band's first album, Paint and Paint was not a commercial success and failed to chart, and none of the singles released from it reached the UK top 40.

Track listing

1. "Fish in a Bowl"
2. "Immaterial"
3. "So Tired"
4. "Hidden Years"
5. "40-40 Home"
6. "High Noon"
7. "Too Up, Two Down"
8. "Benefit of the Doubt"
9. "Prime Time"
10. "Where Do You Run to Now?"
11. "Infatuation"

All tracks written by Marc Fox, Les Nemes, Graham Jones and Phil Smith, except "Where Do You Run to Now?" written by Steve French and Marc Fox.

Double CD reissue (1999,2017)

UK singles

"Prime Time"

• Release Date: 1983
• UK Chart: 46
• Notes: HC1 and HCX1 came in special carry bags.

7" (HC1):

1. "Prime Time"
2. "Too Up Two Down"

7" picture disc (HCP1):

1. "Prime Time"
2. "Too Up Two Down"

12" (HCX1):

1. "Prime Time (Late Night Shopping Version)"
2. "Too Up Two Down"

"So Tired"

• Release Date: 1983
• UK Chart: 94

7" (HC2):

1. "So Tired"
2. "Fish in a Bowl"

7" mirror disc (HCP2):

1. "So Tired"
2. "Fish in a Bowl"

12" (HCX2):

1. "So Tired (Long Slumber)"
2. "So Tired (Forty Winks)"
3. "Fish in a Bowl (Deeper Version)"

"Too Up Two Down"

• Release Date: 1984
• UK Chart: -

7" (HC3):

1. "Too Up, Two Down"
2. "Evil Smokestacking Baby"

12" (HCX3):

1. "Too Up, Two Down"
2. "Evil Smokestacking Baby"
3. "After It's All Been Said And Done"

Personnel^[2]

Haircut 100

• Les Nemes – bass
• Graham Jones – guitar
• Phil Smith – soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones; glockenspiel
• Marc Fox – percussion (timbales, congas, tubular bells, timpani), vocals

Other musicians

• Blair Cunningham – drums, percussion
• Graham Ward – drums, percussion
• Steve French – piano and keyboards
• Richard Cottle – keyboards
• Guy Barker – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Steve Sidwell – trumpet
• Pete Beechill – trombone
• Spike Edney – trombone
• Vince Sullivan – trombone

Notes and References

1. 30 June 1984. News. Record Mirror. 12. 23 August 2022.
2. https://www.discogs.com/Haircut-One-Hundred-Paint-And-Paint/release/1847575 Haircut 100 - Paint and Paint @Discogs.com