Tensongs Explained

Tensongs
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hubert Kah
Cover:	Hubert-Kah-Ten-Songs-Album.jpg
Released:	1986
Genre:	Synthpop, new wave
Label:	Blow Up, CBS, Sony, Curb Records, Polydor
Producer:	Michael Cretu, Armand Volker
Prev Title:	Goldene Zeiten
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Sound of My Heart
Next Year:	1989

Tensongs is the fourth studio album by the German synthpop band Hubert Kah, and their first English language album, released in 1986. It was produced by Michael Cretu and Armand Volker. Three singles were released from the album: "Limousine", "Something I Should Know" and "Love Is So Sensible".^{[1] [2] [3]} The opening track "Pogo the Clown" is based on the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy. "Get Strange" featured on the 1986 film Rad.^[4]

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)	Peak position
German Albums Chart^[5]	35
Swiss Albums Chart^[6]	21

Singles

Limousine

Chart (1986)	Peak position
German Singles Chart^[7]	8
Swiss Singles Chart^[8]	25

Something I Should Know

Personnel

Hubert Kah

• Hubert Kemmler - vocals, backing vocals on "Love is So Sensible", arrangement
• Markus Löhr - guitar, keyboards, arrangement
• Klaus Hirschburger - bass, arrangement

Additional personnel

• Curt Cress - drums
• Lothar Krell - keyboard arrangement on "Limousine"
• Eddie Taylor - saxophone on "Something I Should Know"
• Ken Taylor - voice on "Lonesome Cowboy" and bass on "Explain the World in a Word"
• Thomas Dörr - backing vocals on "Love Is So Sensible"
• Judy Cheeks, Patricia Shockley, Victoria Miles - backing vocals on "Limousine"
• Michael Cretu - producer, arranger, digital and conventional keyboards
• Armand Volker - producer, arranger, guitar solo on "Love is So Sensible"
• Mike Schmidt - artwork

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hubert Kah - Limousine / Drowning - Blow Up - Germany - INT 110.575 . 45cat . 2018-03-20.
2. Web site: Hubert Kah - Something I Should Know (Remix) / Lonesome Cowboy - Blow Up - Germany - INT 110.598 . 45cat . 2018-03-20.
3. Web site: Hubert Kah - Limousine / Drowning - Curb - Netherlands - 884 965-7 . 45cat . 2018-03-20.
4. Web site: Rad - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic . 2018-03-20.
5. Web site: Steffen Hung . germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Tensongs . Germancharts.de . 2017-07-01.
6. Web site: Steffen Hung . Hubert Kah - Tensongs . hitparade.ch . 2017-07-01.
7. Web site: Steffen Hung . germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Limousine . Germancharts.de . 2017-07-01.
8. Web site: Steffen Hung . Hubert Kah - Limousine . hitparade.ch . 2017-07-01.
9. Web site: Steffen Hung . germancharts.com - Hubert Kah - Something I Should Know . Germancharts.de . 2017-07-01.