Wish Thing Explained

Wish Thing
Type:Album
Artist:Torch Song
Cover:Torch Song - Wish Thing.jpg
Released:1984
Genre:New wave, synthpop, dance-pop
Label:I.R.S.[1]
Producer:Torch Song
Next Title:Ecstasy
Next Year:1986

Wish Thing is Torch Song's first album, released in 1984.[2] [3] At the time, Torch Song consisted of William Orbit, Laurie Mayer (lead vocals), and Grant Gilbert.

The track "Prepare to Energize" was a surprise dance-floor hit, as well as appearing in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "an ethereal set of instrumentally subtle synth-dance tracks, given most of their character by Laurie Mayer’s delicate voice and the gimmicky production."[2] Musician wrote that the album was "an engagingly new twist" to the "synthrock approach."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Look Now"
  2. "Telepathy"
  3. "Ode to Billie Joe"
  4. "Another Place"
  5. "Prepare To Energize"
  6. "Tattered Dress"
  7. "Sweet Thing"
  8. "You Said You Were Coming"
  9. "Water Clock Secrets"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thompson, Dave. The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting. September 1, 2002. Backbeat Books. 9781617132025. Google Books.
  2. Web site: William Orbit . Trouser Press . 15 August 2020.
  3. Book: Larkin . Colin . The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . 2006 . MUZE . 6 . 327.
  4. Rock Short Takes . Musician . 1984 . 72 . 98.

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