Vicious Rumors (Timex Social Club album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Vicious Rumors
| type = Album
| artist = Timex Social Club
| cover = Timex social club - covers.jpg
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| released = 1986
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| studio = Fantasy Studios, Starlight Studios
| genre = New jack swing,{{cite journal|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Eddy|date=March 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4YEDEZVVCEC&pg=PA84|title=Essentials: R&B Rubs Hip-Hop the Right Way and the New Jack Swing Era Is Born|journal=Spin|location=New York|page=84|accessdate=March 15, 2013}} post-disco
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| label = Danya/Reality/Fantasy Records
| producer = Jay Logan, Michael Marshall
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=vicious-rumors-mw0000857382 |title=Vicious Rumors - Timex Social Club |access-date=1 June 2021}}
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Vicious Rumors is the only studio album from the R&B band Timex Social Club, released in 1986. It contains the group's Billboard Hot 100 top 10 and R&B #1 hit "Rumors", as well as the follow-up R&B hits "Thinkin' About Ya" and "Mixed Up World".
Music videos were made for "Rumors"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVtcp8XHhOo Timex Social Club- "Rumors" video @YouTube.com] Retrieved 10-29-2010. and "Mixed Up World".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OFnpMlmCnA Timex Social Club- "Mixed Up World" video @YouTube.com] Retrieved 10-29-2010.
Track listings
- All songs written by Michael Marshall, except where noted.
{{tracklist
| title1 = Rumors (Marshall, Marcus Thompson, Alex Hill)
| length1 = 5:47
| title2 = Thinkin' About Ya
| length2 = 5:57
| title3 = Just Kickin' It (Marshall, Bob Spencer, Chris Jordan)
| length3 = 5:19
| title4 = Only You
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = Mixed Up World
| length5 = 5:20
| title6 = Cokelife
| length6 = 4:52
| title7 = Go Away Little Girl (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
| length7 = 4:20
| title8 = 360° (Natty Prep) (Marshall, Spencer, Jordan)
| length8 = 6:27
| title9 = Vicious Rumors (Euromix) (Marshall, Thompson, Hill)
| length9 = 4:18
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=U.S. version=
- The version released in the United States features a different track order from the editions released abroad.
- "Rumors"
- "Thinkin' About Ya'"
- "Mixed Up World"
- "Only You"
- "Vicious Rumors (Euromix)
- "Just Kickin' It"
- "Go Away Little Girl"
- "Cokelife"
- "360° (Natty Prep)"
(all track lengths are the same as on other versions)
Personnel
- Michael Marshall: vocals
- Jay Logan: vocals, keyboards, drum programming
- Steve McCraw: guitar
- Bob Spencer: tenor sax
- Bryan "Beat Creator" Franklin: beatbox
- Isaiah Mosely, Chris Jordan: drum programming
References
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External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57902|pure_url=yes}} Vicious Rumors at AllMusic]
- [http://www.discogs.com/Timex-Social-Club-Vicious-Rumors/release/446397 Vicious Rumors at Discogs.com]
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Category:Timex Social Club albums
Category:Fantasy Records albums
Category:Mercury Records albums
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