Into the Gap

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-gap-mw0000192177|title=Into the Gap – Thompson Twins|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=12 June 2018|last=Promis|first=Jose F.}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/thompsontwins/albums/album/306439/review/5946275/into_the_gap|title=Thompson Twins: Into The Gap|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=29 March 1984|access-date=12 June 2018|last=Puterbaugh|first=Parke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701031616/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thompsontwins/albums/album/306439/review/5946275/into_the_gap|archive-date=1 July 2009|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Thompson Twins|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMEQAQAAMAAJ&q=close+bone|access-date=29 September 2012|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|edition=3rd|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor3-first=Holly|publisher=Random House|year=1992|isbn=0-679-73729-4}}

| rev5 = Smash Hits

| rev5score = 2½/10{{cite magazine |last=Rimmer |first=Dave |title=Album Reviews (Thompson Twins - "Into The Gap") |magazine=Smash Hits |volume=6 |issue=4 |page=29 |date=16 February 1984}}

| rev6 = Sounds

| rev6Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Black |first=Bill |date=18 February 1984 |title=Quack Shots |magazine=Sounds |page=29}}

| rev7 = The Village Voice

| rev7Score = B−{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-84.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|work=The Village Voice|date=26 June 1984|access-date=17 May 2015|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}

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Writing in Smash Hits magazine, Dave Rimmer gave the album 2.5 out of 10, commenting that it contained "several songs with empty words and plodding tunes sung in a whiney voice and slung together with fake sentiment. The success of the terrible Twins represents the usual triumph of naked ambition over talent." In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau admired the track "Hold Me Now", and gave the album a B−, but commented that "Nothing else here approaches its heart-tugging mastery, but the album remains lightly creditable through the title-cut chinoiserie which opens side two. After that, as Alannah Currie herself puts it, who can stop the rain?". Keith Sharp of Music Express wrote "Into The Gap could be perceived as a distinctive milestone on how far new music has come in the past few years. It's enough to make you forget that the old dinosaur bands ever existed."Keith Sharp, Music Express (April, 1984) J. D. Considine of Musician wrote "At times, the gimmicks can be as slight as a synthesizer setting, but they invariable make the album seem dazzling even when it isn't."J.D. Considine, Musician (May 1984) However, NME called them "1984's most instantly kitsch mass program of monosodium glutamation of the brain".

A more recent review from Jose F. Promis of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars and wrote that "Nearly every song on this set differed from the others, with each track taking the listener on a different musical journey." adding that "[the] Thompson Twins were quiet visionaries, blending intelligent lyrics, Eastern sensibilities, and new wave pop to create a wholly unique and unforgettable listening experience and an album that ranks as one of the '80s' most unique."[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=into-the-gap-mw0000192177|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway

| title1 = Doctor! Doctor!

| length1 = 4:39

| title2 = You Take Me Up

| length2 = 4:26

| title3 = Day After Day

| length3 = 3:49

| title4 = Sister of Mercy

| length4 = 5:09

| title5 = No Peace for the Wicked

| length5 = 4:09

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{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| total_length = 42:33

| title6 = The Gap

| length6 = 4:44

| title7 = Hold Me Now

| length7 = 4:46

| title8 = Storm on the Sea

| length8 = 5:26

| title9 = Who Can Stop the Rain

| length9 = 5:46

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{{Track listing

| total_length = 42:03

| title1 = Doctor! Doctor!

| length1 = 4:39

| title2 = You Take Me Up

| length2 = 4:26

| title3 = Hold Me Now

| length3 = 4:46

| title4 = Day After Day

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = No Peace for the Wicked

| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = The Gap

| length6 = 4:44

| title7 = Sister of Mercy

| length7 = 5:09

| title8 = Storm on the Sea

| length8 = 5:26

| title9 = Who Can Stop the Rain

| length9 = 5:16

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{{Collapse top|title=The UK cassette version of Into the Gap contained an additional side of remixes and B-sides, most of which were previously unreleased}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Leopard Ray (an original instrumental composition)

| length1 = 3:18

| title2 = Doctor! Doctor! (extended version)

| length2 = 7:49

| title3 = Panic Station (remix of Day After Day)

| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = Down Tools (remix of You Take Me Up)

| length4 = 4:23

| title5 = Hold Me Now (extended version)

| length5 = 9:45

| title6 = Funeral Dance (remix of No Peace For The Wicked)

| length6 = 3:12

| title7 = Compass Points (remix of The Gap)

| length7 = 5:00

| title8 = Still Water (remix of Storm on the Sea)

| length8 = 5:40

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1

| title1 = Doctor! Doctor!

| length1 = 4:38

| title2 = You Take Me Up

| length2 = 4:23

| title3 = Day After Day

| length3 = 3:50

| title4 = Sister of Mercy

| length4 = 5:04

| title5 = No Peace for the Wicked

| length5 = 4:04

| title6 = The Gap

| length6 = 4:43

| title7 = Hold Me Now

| length7 = 4:42

| title8 = Storm on the Sea

| length8 = 5:32

| title9 = Who Can Stop the Rain

| length9 = 5:48

| title10 = Leopard Ray (an original instrumental composition)

| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = Doctor! Doctor! (extended version)

| length11 = 7:50

| title12 = Panic Station (remix of Day After Day)

| length12 = 4:40

| title13 = Down Tools (remix of You Take Me Up)

| length13 = 4:23

| title14 = Hold Me Now (extended version)

| length14 = 9:45

| title15 = Funeral Dance (remix of No Peace For The Wicked)

| length15 = 3:12

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2

| title1 = Compass Points

| length1 = 5:00

| title2 = Still Water

| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = You Take Me Up (Machines Take Me Over)

| note3 = 12" version of You Take Me Up

| length3 = 7:33

| title4 = Sister of Mercy (12” Version)

| note4 = 12" version of Sister of Mercy

| length4 = 9:26

| title5 = Let Loving Start (12” Version)

| note5 = B-Side of Hold Me Now 12" single

| length5 = 9:09

| title6 = You Take Me Up (High Plains Mixer)

| note6 = Originally released as a limited edition white label UK 12" single in Spring 1984

| length6 = 8:30

| title7 = Nurse Shark

| note7 = B-Side of Doctor! Doctor! 7" and 12" singles

| length7 = 4:05

| title8 = Passion Planet

| note8 = B-Side of You Take Me Up 7" single

| length8 = 3:42

| title9 = You Take Me Up (Instrumental)

| note9 = B-Side of the High Plains Mixer UK 12" single of You Take Me Up

| length9 = 6:20

| title10 = Out of the Gap (Megamix Extended Version)

| note10 = B-Side of Sister of Mercy 12" single, incorporating Love on Your Side, In the Name of Love, Tears, Doctor! Doctor!, We Are Detective, Lies, Hold Me Now, and The Gap

| length10 = 8:57

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Thompson Twins

• Tom Bailey – vocals, synthesizers, pianos, guitars, bass guitar, double bass, melodica, harmonica, drum programming
• Joe Leeway – synthesizers, congas, backing vocals
• Alannah Currie – acoustic drums, percussion, marimba, xylophone, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Pandit Dinesh – tablas on "The Gap"

• Tom Bailey – producer
• Alex Sadkin – producer, engineer
• Phil Thornalley – recording, mixing
• Chris Dickie – assistant engineer
• Frank Gibson – assistant engineer
• Steve Dewey – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Alannah Currie – art direction
• Nick Marchant – art direction
• Satari Graphic – design
• Paul Cox – front cover photography
• Peter Ashworth – inside photography

Studios

• Recorded at Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas).
• Mixed at RAK Studios (London, UK).
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York, US).

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Thompson Twins|title=Into the Gap|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1984|certyear=1984|date=1 September 1984|access-date=17 May 2015}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Thompson Twins|title=Into the Gap|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1984|certyear=1985|id=3362-480-2|date=26 March 1985|access-date=17 May 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Thompson Twins|title=Into the Gap|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=1984|date=2 October 1984|access-date=17 May 2015}}

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