Shades in Bed

Shades in Bed (also known as The Records) is the debut album by the British power pop band the Records, released in 1979 by Virgin Records. The album features their best-known song "Starry Eyes."

Recording and production

Recording sessions for the album took place from February to April 1979 at Wessex Sound Studios and Townhouse Studios in London. The first four songs recorded, "Teenarama," "Girls That Don't Exist," "Rock and Roll Love Letter" and a new version of the previously released single "Starry Eyes," were produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Lange could not complete the album due to other commitments so the rest of the album was produced by Tim Friese-Greene. The last song recorded, "The Phone," was a late addition to the album and was produced by Huw Gower. "The Phone" replaced "Rock and Roll Love Letter" which was dropped from the album after it was released as a single in April but was not well-received.^[1]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	B- ^[3]
Creem	favourable ^[4]
Rolling Stone	favourable ^[5]
Trouser Press	favourable ^[6]

Shades in Bed was released on 18 May 1979 in the United Kingdom but did not chart.

In the United States the album was titled The Records and featured a different album cover and track listing. The album version of "Starry Eyes" was replaced with the single version, and the tracks opening each side of the LP were switched. Released on 19 July 1979, the album peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in October 1979. The single "Starry Eyes" was a minor hit, peaking at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[7]

Limited edition UK pressings of the album contained a bonus 12-inch EP titled High Heels featuring four cover songs. In the US the EP was included with the first 25,000 copies of the album as an untitled 7-inch record.

AllMusic called the album "a pure pop masterpiece".^[2] Trouser Press called it "a wonderful LP".^[6]

The album was released on compact disc in 2002 with 10 bonus tracks. The bonus tracks consisted of the four songs from the bonus EP plus the A and B sides of their first three singles, including the US single version of "Teenarama" remixed by Craig Leon.

Track listing

All songs written by Will Birch and John Wicks except where noted.

UK release

Side one

"Girl" (Birch, Wicks, Phil Brown) – 4:11
"Teenarama" – 3:59
"Girls That Don't Exist" (Birch, Richie Bull) – 3:38
"Starry Eyes" – 4:45
"Up All Night" – 4:40

Side two

"All Messed Up and Ready to Go" – 3:52
"Insomnia" – 3:00
"Affection Rejected" (Birch, Wicks, Huw Gower) – 3:52
"The Phone" (Gower, Birch) – 3:21
"Another Star" – 3:58

US release

Side one

"All Messed Up and Ready to Go" – 3:52
"Teenarama" – 3:59
"Girls That Don't Exist" (Birch, Richie Bull) – 3:38
"Starry Eyes" (single version) – 4:21
"Up All Night" – 4:40

Side two

"Girl" (Birch, Wicks, Phil Brown) – 4:11
"Insomnia" – 3:00
"Affection Rejected" (Birch, Wicks, Huw Gower) – 3:52
"The Phone" (Gower, Birch) – 3:21
"Another Star" – 3:58

Bonus EP

Side one

"Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)" (Frank Secich, Bill Bartolin) – 2:41
"See My Friends" (Ray Davies) – 3:40

Side two

"1984" (Randy California) – 3:41
"Have You Seen Your Mother Baby (Standing in the Shadow)" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:52

CD bonus tracks

"Starry Eyes" (single version) – 4:23
"Paint Her Face" – 3:08
"Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore) – 3:51
"Wives and Mothers of Tomorrow" – 4:15
"Held Up High" – 3:33
"Teenarama" (remix) – 3:59

Personnel

The Records:

John Wicks – rhythm guitar, vocals
Huw Gower – lead guitar, vocals
Phil Brown – bass guitar, vocals
Will Birch – drums, vocals

Additional musicians:

Ian Gibbons – keyboards
Jane Aire – vocals on "The Phone"

References

↑ Green, Jim. "The Records: Changing Records" Trouser Press March 1980
1 2 Woodstra, Chris. "Shades in Bed – The Records | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Reviews". robertchristgau.com/. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ Cohen, Mitchell. "The Records" Creem November 1979
↑ Fricke, David. "The Records" Rolling Stone September 20, 1979: 98
1 2 Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Records". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
↑ Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Albums 1955–2001 (2001) p. 721

External links

Shades in Bed at Discogs (list of releases)

Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Produced albums

1970s	City Boy – City Boy Graham Parker – Heat Treatment The Motors – 1 City Boy – Young Men Gone West The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats Outlaws – Playin' to Win The Boomtown Rats – A Tonic for the Troops The Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing AC/DC – Highway to Hell

1980s	AC/DC – Back in Black Foreigner – 4 Def Leppard – High 'N' Dry AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You Def Leppard – Pyromania The Cars – Heartbeat City Def Leppard – Hysteria Romeo's Daughter – Romeo's Daughter Billy Ocean – Tear Down These Walls Bryan Adams – Waking Up the Neighbours

1990s	Def Leppard – Adrenalize (executive producer) Michael Bolton – The One Thing Shania Twain – The Woman in Me Bryan Adams – 18 til I Die Shania Twain – Come On Over

2000s	The Corrs – In Blue Shania Twain – Up! Shania Twain – Greatest Hits Nickelback – Dark Horse

2010s	Maroon 5 – Hands All Over Muse – Drones

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.