I Want Candy (album)
I Want Candy | ||||
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Compilation album by Bow Wow Wow | ||||
Released | May 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
Genre | New wave music | |||
Length | 32:48 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
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AllMusic |
I Want Candy is a compilation album by new wave group Bow Wow Wow, released by RCA Records in May 1982. The album peaked at No. 123 on the Billboard 200.[2]
To capitalize on the success of the "I Want Candy" music video on MTV, RCA compiled I Want Candy for their newfound American audience. Side 1 of I Want Candy contained all four tracks from The Last of the Mohicans EP and their recent hit single, "Baby, Oh No". Side 2 consisted of four tracks from See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy and "El Boss Dicho", the B-side to the "Go Wild in the Country" single.
It featured production by Kenny Laguna of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts fame.[3]
The cover photograph, a nude image of lead singer Annabella Lwin painted gold, was taken by Jim Varriale. This photo was later reversed for the cover of the 2008 Love, Peace & Harmony - The Best of Bow Wow Wow collection on Sony BMG.
I Want Candy is also the name of a 2003 two-disc Bow Wow Wow anthology from Castle Music's Sanctuary Records, and a 2007 three-track EP on Cleopatra Records, which also contained a cover of the Smiths' "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish".
Track listing
All tracks written by Malcolm McLaren, Matthew Ashman, Leigh Gorman and David Barbarossa except where noted.
Side 1 | |||
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No. | Title | Producer | Length |
1. | "I Want Candy" (Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer) | Kenny Laguna | 2:43 |
2. | "Baby, Oh No" (Annabella Lwin, Ashman, Gorman, Barbarossa) | Laguna, Ritchie Cordell | 2:44 |
3. | "Louis Quatorze" | Laguna | 2:48 |
4. | "Cowboy" (Ashman, Gorman, Barbarossa, Pierre Grillet, Stephane Pietri) | Laguna | 3:30 |
5. | "Mile High Club" | Laguna | 3:26 |
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No. | Title | Producer | Length |
6. | "Go Wild in the Country" | Brian Tench | 5:21 |
7. | "Jungle Boy" | Tench | 5:12 |
8. | "El Boss Dicho" (Ashman, Barbarossa, Gorman) | Tench | 2:10 |
9. | "(I'm a) TV Savage" | Colin Thurston | 2:35 |
10. | "King Kong" | Thurston | 2:18 |
Total length: | 32:48 |
References
- ↑ Demalon, Tom. "Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy Review". Allmusic.
- ↑ AllMusic Bow Wow Wow > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
- ↑ "Kenny Laguna Biography". JoanJettBadRep.com. Blackheart Records.