Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

For the Thompson Twins album, see Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album).

Close to the Bone
Studio album by Tom Tom Club
Released	July 1983
Genre	New wave Funk
Length	37:32
Label	US: Sire/Warner Bros. Records 23916 UK: Island/PolyGram Records (non US) Argentina: A&M
Producer	Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club (1981) Close to the Bone (1983) Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom (1988)

Close to the Bone is an album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Club's musicians are 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.

Track listing

1. "Pleasure of Love" – 6:33
2. "On the Line Again" – 4:56
3. "This Is a Foxy World" – 3:39
4. "Bamboo Town" – 3:56
5. "The Man With the 4-Way Hips" – 5:48
6. "Measure Up" – 5:05
7. "Never Took a Penny" – 3:33
8. "Atsababy! (Life Is Great)" – 4:02

Personnel

• Tina Weymouth - bass, vocals
• Chris Frantz - drums, vocals
• Alex Weir - guitar
• Wally Badarou - keyboards
• Tyrone Downie - keyboards
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Rupert Hine - keyboards
• Steve Scales - percussion
• Lani Weymouth- vocals
• Laura Weymouth - vocals