Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Close to the Bone

| type = studio

| artist = Tom Tom Club

| cover = Tom Tom Club - Close to the Bone.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1983

| recorded =

| studio = Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas

| genre =

| length = 37:32

| label =

• Sire
• Warner Bros.

| producer = Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley

| prev_title = Tom Tom Club

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/close-to-the-bone-mw0000318871|title=Close to the Bone - Tom Tom Club - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = C+{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom%20Tom%20Club|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Tom Club|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}}

}}

Close to the Bone is the second studio album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Tom Tom Club's musicians were: Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz, Roddy Frantz, Rupert Hine, Raymond Jones, Steve Scales, Steven Stanley, Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on compact disc for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, Tom Tom Club, as part of Universal Music's deluxe editions series.