Wang Chung are an English new wave musical group formed in 1980. The name Wang Chung means "yellow bell" in Chinese (黃鐘, pinyin: huáng zhōng; Wade–Giles: huang chung), and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale.
Points on the Curve is the second album by new wave band Wang Chung. It was released in 1983.
Points on the Curve is Wang Chung's first album since changing their name from Huang Chung and switching from Arista to the Geffen record label. It reached #30 on the Billboard 200 album charts on 14 July 1984 and features the #1 dance single "Dance Hall Days" and includes the hit singles: "Don't Let Go", "Don't Be My Enemy" and "Wait".
Wang Chung's Points on the Curve pushed the boundaries further toward the mainstream ("Even If You Dream," "Don't Be My Enemy"). It is baffling, then, that such an album should prove a more substantial hit in the States, where "True Love" was memorably adapted as a score to an incestuous rape scene on Miami Vice.
Several tracks lend themselves fervently to film; the underlying menace of "Wait" reared its head in To Live and Die in L.A.. Far from the commercial tones of "Dance Hall Days," the song for which they are best known in the U.K., is the dramatic landscape of "Devoted Friends," a stark memo to a companion.
Since the album's original release in 1984, it has seen many reissues with as many running orders, and although the sound is a little dated, its craftmanship still holds true.
01. "Dance Hall Days" - 3:58
02. "Wait" - 4:22
03. "True Love" - 3:51
Written-By – Hues, Feldman
04. "The Waves" - 4:26
Written-By – Costin
05. "Look At Me Now" - 4:36
06. "Don't Let Go" - 4:21
Written-By – Burnand, Hues, Feldman
07. "Even If You Dream2 - 4:08
08. "Don't Be My Enemy" - 4:24
Written-By – Hues, Feldman, Costin
09. "Devoted Friends" - 4:07
10. "Talk It Out" - 4:48
Written-By – Hues, Feldman
All songs written and composed by Jack Hues, except where noted.
Personnel
Points on the Curve is Wang Chung's first album since changing their name from Huang Chung and switching from Arista to the Geffen record label. It reached #30 on the Billboard 200 album charts on 14 July 1984 and features the #1 dance single "Dance Hall Days" and includes the hit singles: "Don't Let Go", "Don't Be My Enemy" and "Wait".
Wang Chung's Points on the Curve pushed the boundaries further toward the mainstream ("Even If You Dream," "Don't Be My Enemy"). It is baffling, then, that such an album should prove a more substantial hit in the States, where "True Love" was memorably adapted as a score to an incestuous rape scene on Miami Vice.
Several tracks lend themselves fervently to film; the underlying menace of "Wait" reared its head in To Live and Die in L.A.. Far from the commercial tones of "Dance Hall Days," the song for which they are best known in the U.K., is the dramatic landscape of "Devoted Friends," a stark memo to a companion.
Since the album's original release in 1984, it has seen many reissues with as many running orders, and although the sound is a little dated, its craftmanship still holds true.
01. "Dance Hall Days" - 3:58
02. "Wait" - 4:22
03. "True Love" - 3:51
Written-By – Hues, Feldman
04. "The Waves" - 4:26
Written-By – Costin
05. "Look At Me Now" - 4:36
06. "Don't Let Go" - 4:21
Written-By – Burnand, Hues, Feldman
07. "Even If You Dream2 - 4:08
08. "Don't Be My Enemy" - 4:24
Written-By – Hues, Feldman, Costin
09. "Devoted Friends" - 4:07
10. "Talk It Out" - 4:48
Written-By – Hues, Feldman
All songs written and composed by Jack Hues, except where noted.
Personnel
- Jack Hues: lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Nick Feldman: bass guitar, additional vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Darren Costin: drums, additional vocals, percussion, keyboards
- Mel Collins: saxophone
- Chris Hughes: rhythm, sequence and computer programming
- Paul Ridout: MC4 programming
Technical and production
- Produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum
- Assistant engineer: Mark McGuire
- Management: David Massey at Domino Directions Ltd., London
- Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
- LP originally mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
- CDD Pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
- Thanks to Peter Reichardt, Ronnie Vance, and Mark McGuire (a.k.a. Trouser Billy)
- Special thanks to John Kalodner and Carole Childs
- LP design and art director: Barney Bubbles
- Front cover photograph: Brian Griffin
- Back cover photograph: Paul Cox
- Hand tinting: Ronn Specer
Notes
Released: July 1983
Recorded: Abbey Road Studios, 1983
Genre: New wave, pop rock
Length: 43:15
Label - Geffen Records
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