...And Don't the Kids Just Love It

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...And Don't The Kids Just Love It
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Studio album by Television Personalities
Released January 1981 (1981-01)
Recorded Mount Pleasant 4-Track Studios 1980
Genre Post-punk, indie pop
Length 37:21
Label Rough Trade (original UK release)
Fire (1990 & 2009 UK reissues)
Razor & Tie (1995 US release)
Producer Vic Hammersmith-Broadway
Television Personalities chronology
...And Don't The Kids Just Love It
(1981)
Mummy Your Not Watching Me
(1982)Mummy Your Not Watching Me1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

...And Don't The Kids Just Love It is the first album by Television Personalities, recorded in 1980 and released in 1981. The first full album by Television Personalities, it was recorded after a four-year series of singles recorded under a variety of names, including the O-Level and the Teenage Filmstars. The songs are performed by Dan Treacy, Ed Ball, and Mark Sheppard.

Pitchfork Media listed ...And Don't The Kids Just Love It as 64th best album of the 1980s.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Treacy. 

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "This Angry Silence""   2:39
2. "The Glittering Prizes"   3:01
3. "World of Pauline Lewis"   2:38
4. "A Family Affair"   2:36
5. "Silly Girl"   2:49
6. "Diary of a Young Man"   3:59
7. "Geoffrey Ingram"   2:15
Side Two
No. Title Length
1. "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives"   2:34
2. "Jackanory Stories"   3:04
3. "Parties in Chelsea"   1:41
4. "La Grande Illusion"   3:33
5. "A Picture of Dorian Gray"   2:13
6. "The Crying Room"   1:59
7. "Look Back in Anger"   2:40

Personnel

  • Musicians: Daniel Treacy, Mark Sheppard and Edward Ball.
  • The producer-credits ("Vic Hammersmith-Broadway") refer to The Jam's producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. The album was in fact produced by bandmembers.

References

  1. ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012
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