| The Sound of Sunbathing | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Sinceros |
| Cover: | Sincer01.jpg |
| Caption: | UK cover |
| Released: | 1979 |
| Studio: | Wessex Studios, London |
| Genre: | New wave, power pop |
| Label: | Epic (UK) Columbia (US) |
| Producer: | Joe Wissert |
| Next Title: | 2nd Debut |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
The Sound of Sunbathing is the debut album from The Sinceros, a new wave and power pop band from England. The album, with initial copies pressed on orange vinyl, was released worldwide and achieved moderate commercial success. This is the only album so far released on CD (via Cherry Red Records), the follow-up being Pet Rock. The Sunbathing CD was released on 18 May 2009 with the catalogue number CDM RED 396. One track from this album, "Take Me to Your Leader", has appeared on the compilation albums New Wave Hits of the 70's & 80's and Big Hits, Skinny Ties: New Wave in the U.K.
All tracks composed by Mark Kjeldsen; except where noted.
All tracks composed by Mark Kjeldsen; except where noted.
Trouser Press praised the Sinceros for creating "two great tracks — a quirky bit of silliness called 'Take Me to Your Leader' and a Joe Jackson soundalike, 'Little White Lie'..." but expressed little enthusiasm for the album as a whole, saying that other than those two songs, "it's an amiable pop record with little character".