All the Rage (General Public album)

All the Rage
Studio album by General Public
Released	January 28, 1984
Recorded	1983-1984
Genre	New wave
Length	40:48
Label	I.R.S.
Producer	Colin Fairley, Gavin MacKillop, General Public
General Public chronology
All the Rage (1984) Hand to Mouth (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

All the Rage is the debut album by General Public, released in 1984. It was recorded digitally.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Hot You're Cool" - 3:47 (Mickey Billingham/Roger Charlery/Horace Panter/Dave Wakeling)
2. "Tenderness" - 3:34 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
3. "Anxious" - 4:19 (Charlery/Wakeling)
4. "Never You Done That" - 4:08 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
5. "Burning Bright" - 4:30 (Billingham/Charlery/Wakeling)
6. "As a Matter of Fact" - 5:22 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
7. "Are You Leading Me On?" - 3:09 (Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
8. "Day-to-Day" - 3:28 (Charlery/Wakeling)
9. "Where's the Line?" - 4:09 (Billingham/Charlery/Panter/Wakeling)
10. "General Public" - 4:22 (Charlery/Wakeling)

All writing credits from ASCAP database.

Personnel

• Dave Wakeling - vocals, guitar
• Ranking Roger - vocals, bass, keyboards, drums
• Mickey Billingham - keyboards, vocals
• Kevin White - guitar
• Horace Panter - bass
• Andy "Stoker" Growcott - drums
• Mick Jones - guitar (on “Tenderness”, “Where’s the Line”, “Never You Done That", “Hot You’re Cool”, “As a Matter of Fact”, and possibly other tracks)

with:

• Gary Barnacle - saxophone
• Michael "Bami" Rose - saxophone
• Vin Gordon - trombone
• Steve Sidwell - trumpet
• Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet
• Bob Porter - horn
• Justine Carpenter - backing vocals

Chart performance

The album spent 39 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #26 in mid-February 1985.^[3]

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