Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in October 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year. It was re-released in the UK in 1982 to include "Under the Boardwalk", which reached No. 22 in August 1982. When released in the United States, "Genius of Love" peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) Both "Wordy Rappinghood" and "Genius of Love" topped the US dance chart.

The album was re-released on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's second studio album, Close to the Bone (1983). The album was further reissued on Limited Edition white vinyl by Real Gone Music on March 1, 2019.

Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 87 on its Best Albums of the 1980s list.

Track listing Composer credits as registered with ASCAP or APRA: all works by Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley, unless otherwise noted below. First printings of the album simply give composer credit on all tracks to Tom Tom Club as a collective.

LP version Side 1 "Wordy Rappinghood" (Tina Weymouth, Lani Weymouth, Laura Weymouth, Frantz, Stanley) – 6:27 "Genius of Love" – 5:34 "Tom Tom Theme" (Belew, Frantz) – 1:25 "L'éléphant" – 4:50

Side 2 "As Above, So Below" – 5:23 "Lorelei" (Tina Weymouth, Laura Weymouth, Frantz, Belew, Stanley) – 5:05 "On, On, On, On..." (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Belew) – 3:33 "Booming and Zooming" (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Belew) – 4:32

Cassette version Side 1 "Wordy Rappinghood" "Genius of Love" "Tom Tom Theme" "L'éléphant"

Side 2 "As Above, So Below" "Lorelei" (Remix) "On, On, On, On..." "Under the Boardwalk" (Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick)

CD version "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27 "Genius of Love" – 5:34 "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24 "L'éléphant" – 4:51 "As Above, So Below" – 5:22 "Lorelei" – 5:05 "On, On, On, On..." – 3:33 "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35 "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46 "Lorelei" (Remix) – 6:17 "Wordy Rappinghood" (Long version) – 6:42 "Genius of Love" (Long version) – 7:26 Deluxe edition CD1 "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27 "Genius of Love" – 5:34 "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24 "L'éléphant" – 4:51 "As Above, So Below" – 5:22 "Lorelei" (Album version) – 5:05 "On, On, On, On..." – 3:33 "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35 "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46 "On, On, On, On..." (Remix) – 3:44 "Lorelei" (Remix) – 6:17 "Spooks" (Single version) – 6:32 "Elephant" (Single version) – 5:12 "(You Don't Stop) Wordy Rappinghood" (Single version) – 4:08

Personnel Tom Tom Club Tina Weymouth – lead vocals, bass guitar, co-producer Chris Frantz – drums, co-producer Adrian Belew – guitar Monte Brown – guitar Tyrone Downie – keyboards Uziah Thompson – percussion Lani Weymouth – vocals Laura Weymouth – vocals Loric Weymouth – vocals either Benji Armbrister or Kendal Stubbs – bass guitar on "Genius of Love" (uncredited)'Tina Talks Heads, Tom Toms, and How to Succeed at Bass Without Really Trying' – article by Gregory Isola in Bassplayer.com, March 1997 (hosted on webarchive.com)

Technical Steven Stanley – co-production, engineering, mixing Benji Armbrister – engineering Kendal Stubbs – engineering James Rizzi – cover illustration

Charts Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance of Tom Tom ClubChart (1982)Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 51 US Billboard 200 23

Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance of Tom Tom Club Chart (1982) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 50

Certifications

References

External links

Tom Tom Club (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)