White Feathers Explained
| White Feathers |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kajagoogoo |
| Cover: | Kajagoogoo White Feathers.jpg |
| Released: | 18 April 1983 |
| Recorded: | 1982–1983 |
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| Genre: | New wave |
| Length: | 34:53 (original 1983 release)
73:12 (2004 CD reissue) |
| Label: | EMI (UK)
EMI America (US) |
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| Next Title: | Islands |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
White Feathers is the debut album by English new wave band Kajagoogoo, released on 18 April 1983 by EMI Records. The album contains their most successful single, "Too Shy", a UK No. 1 hit in February 1983, as well as two other UK Top 20 hits: "Ooh to Be Ah" and "Hang on Now". It is the band's only album with Limahl as the lead vocalist.
Background
White Feathers was produced by Nick Rhodes, of Duran Duran, and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time. The sole exception is the self-titled instrumental track "Kajagoogoo", produced by Tim Palmer and the band. This track song was featured as the opening title song in the 1984 John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles.
After the band was featured on the VH1 program Bands Reunited in 2003, renewed interest in Kajagoogoo prompted the band's original label EMI to re-issue White Feathers on CD in the UK for the first time in 2004 (although it had been available on CD in Japan and the U.S. since 1993). Originally containing 10 tracks, the 2004 version of the album contained eight bonus tracks, including four B-sides and four remixes, two of which are of "Too Shy" (both an extended and instrumental version).
Track listing
- There are two 12-inch mixes of "Too Shy", both confusingly called the "Midnight Mix" (although sometimes erroneously billed as "12-inch Extended Version"). The UK version has a running time of about 5:27, while the American version, available on the compilations Too Shy: The Singles and More (1993) and Maximum 80's (2000), is around 5:44. The 2011 So80's compilation contains both mixes.
Personnel
Kajagoogoo
- Limahl – Lead vocals
- Stuart Neale – Keyboards, programming, backing vocals
- Steve Askew – Guitars
- Nick Beggs – Chapman stick, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jez Strode – Drums, percussion
Technical
- Colin Thurston – co-producer, engineer
- Nick Rhodes – co-producer
- Tim Palmer – co-producer ("Kajagoogoo", "Animal Instincts", "Introduction"), engineer ("Kajagoogoo", "Animal Instincts")
- Kajagoogoo – co-producer ("Kajagoogoo", "Animal Instincts")
- Femi Jaya – producer ("Take Another View")
- Shoot That Tiger! – art direction, design
- Ian Hooton – front cover photography
- Eric Watson – liner sheet photography
- Toni & Guy – hair
- Nigel Reeve – reissue project coordination
- Kathy Bryan – mastering
- Hugh Gilmour/The Red Room – re-issue design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
External links
Notes and References
- 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. 163.
- Web site: Timo. 13 August 2015. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit K - KAR. 2020-07-24. Sisältää hitin.
- Web site: オリコンのデータ協力による "全曲、80年代の週間オリコンチャートNo.1" の洋楽コンピが登場！ . A western compilation of "All weekly Oricon No. 1's of the 1980s" has arrived. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. . 23 January 2018 . 1 July 1983. ja.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. 4 August 2021.
