Greetings from Timbuk3
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{{Infobox album
| name = Greetings from Timbuk3
| type = studio
| artist = Timbuk 3
| cover = Greetings From Timbuk 3.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1986
| recorded =
| studio = Dustbowl Studios (Hollywood, California)
*except "Hairstyles and Attitudes" at Lone Star Studios (Austin, Texas)
| genre = Rock
| length = 36:05
| label = I.R.S.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2r0FDAAAQBAJ&q=Greetings+from+Timbuk3+1986&pg=PT307|title=Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums|first=George|last=Plasketes|date=April 22, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317079743|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Dennis Herring
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Eden Alley
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Greetings from Timbuk3
| type = studio
| single1 = The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
| single1date = September 1986{{cite magazine |title=New and Noteworthy |magazine=Billboard |date=September 27, 1986 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=the+future%27s+so+bright+I+gotta+wear+shades&pg=PT138}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20221|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com]
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=182}}
|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1152}}
}}
Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/10/03/wry-greetings-from-timbuk-3/34e7b6cc-486d-4b8a-8ebd-106ced520680/|title=Wry|first=Joe|last=Sasfy|date=October 3, 1986|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/timbuk-3-mn0000599261/biography|title=Timbuk 3 | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} The album contains their only charting single, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades", which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The songs "Life Is Hard" and "Shame on You" were used in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and were included on the film's accompanying soundtrack album.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Critical reception
Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single."{{cite web |title=Timbuk 3 |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/timbuk-3/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=7 February 2021}}
Track listing
All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).
- "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – 3:21
- "Life Is Hard" – 4:08
- "Hairstyles and Attitudes" – 2:51
- "Facts About Cats" – 3:16
- "I Need You" – 3:50
- "Just Another Movie" – 4:16
- "Friction" – 3:44
- "Cheap Black & White" – 2:54
- "Shame On You" – 5:04 (Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald)
- "I Love You in the Strangest Way" – 2:41
Personnel
Musicians
- Barbara K. MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 4, 9, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
- Pat MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
Production
- Produced by Dennis Herring
- Engineers: Dennis Herring and Mark Teston
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Greetings from Timbuk3 !Chart (1986) !Peak |
scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=310}}
| style="text-align:center;"|86 |
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scope="row"|UK Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23883/timbuk-3/|title=TIMBUK 3 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|51 |
scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/timbuk-3/chart-history/tlp/|title=Timbuk 3 Chart History|magazine=Billboard |publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|50 |
References
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{{Timbuk 3}}
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Category:I.R.S. Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Dennis Herring
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