Born To Laugh At Tornadoes coverGEFFEN RECORDS · GEF 25592
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born-to-laugh-at-tornadoes-li0dpf Europe · 1983
Representative sleeve — art from another pressing of this release Cover Art Archive
A1 — B5
  1. A1 (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks 4:20
  2. A2 Professor Night 4:10
  3. A3 The Party Broke Up 2:14
  4. A4 Smile 3:12
  5. A5 Zaz Turned Blue 4:18
  6. B1 Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) 3:05
  7. B2 Bow Wow Wow Wow 3:09
  8. B3 Betrayal 3:02
  9. B4 Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) 3:52
  10. B5 Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building 4:00
Liner notes

Produced in Detroit by Don St. Was, David St. Was and Jack Tann. Licenced from ZE Records. November 1982-June 1983 Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studios All song mixed with nerves of steel at Record Plant, NYC except "Shake Your Head," "Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building" and "The Party Broke Up" mixed at Sound Suite Detroit. Mr. Horton's drums engineered at Media Sound, NYC. Originally Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, L.A. Additional Overdubs at: Media Sound, NYC, Record Plant, NYC, 39TH ST. Music Studios, NYC, Criteria, Miami, Sigma, NYC and Gnome, Detroit All songs © 1983 Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of the Artless ASCAP Adm. by Ackee Music Inc. except "Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)" and "Professor Night," © 1983 Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of the Artless ASCAPGreat Joy Music BMI, adm. by Ackee Music Inc.; and "Bow Wow Wow Wow," © 1982 Aaron Miles Music ASCAP. Cover Illustration by permission of Compton's © 1953 F.E. Compton Co., division of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. © 1983 The David Geffen Company. ℗ 1983 The David Geffen Company. / Distributed by CBS Records / Made in Holland / Distribué en France par CBS Disques

Personnel
Coordinator [Production]Debbie Caponetta
Design [Album Cover Design]Jeri McManus
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, 39TH ST. Music Studios, NYC]Jerry Thichava
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, 39TH ST. Music Studios, NYC]Steve Guardigli
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Criteria, Miami]Mike Fuller
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Gnome, Detriot]Bruce Nazarian
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Media Sound, NYC]Gregg Mann
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Media Sound, NYC]Lincoln Clapp
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Media Sound, NYC]Michael H. Brauer
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]David Thoener
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]Jan Mathias
Engineer [Additional Overdubs, Sigma, NYC]Jay Mark
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, 39TH ST. Music Studios, NYC]Gretchen Williamson
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Media Sound, NYC]Mark Cobrin
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Media Sound, NYC]Michael Christopher [ii]
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]Carol Cafiero
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]James A. Ball
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]Robert Kinkel
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Record Plant, NYC]Tom Swift
Engineer [Assistant Additional Overdubs, Sigma, NYC]Melanie West
Engineer [Assistant]Mike Brown
Engineer [Assistant]Warren Woods
Engineer [Mr. Horton's Drums]Michael H. Brauer
Engineer [Recording Zengineer]Don Was
Executive-ProducerMichael Zilkha
Illustration [Front Cover Illustration After Compton's]Dan Chapman [iii]
Mastered By [Originally Mastering]Greg Fulginiti
Mixed ByDavid Thoener
Mixed ByThe Detroit Wasmopolitan Mixing Squad
Photography By [Back Cover]Larry Williams [ix]
Photography By [Liner]Vickie Johnson-Was
ProducerDavid Was
ProducerDon Was
ProducerJack Tann
Written-ByDavid Was
Written-ByDon Was
Written-ByFelix Morris
Written-ByJarvis Carothers Stroud
Written-ByThomas Brzezina
Matrix / Runout
Label side A01-025592-1
Label side B01-025592-2
Runout side A01-25592-1A-1 B NL
Runout side B01-25592-1B-1 B NL
Rights societyBIEM/STEMRA
Manufacture
Phonographic Copyright (p)The David Geffen Company
Copyright (c)The David Geffen Company
Copyright (c)Los Was Cosmipolitanos
Copyright (c)State Of The Artless
Copyright (c)Ackee Music, Inc.
Copyright (c)Great Joy Music
Copyright (c)Aaron Miles Music
Copyright (c)F.E. Compton Co.
Distributed ByCBS Records
Distributed ByCBS Disques
Produced ForJohn Lewis Productions
Recorded AtThe Sound Suite Detroit
Engineered AtMediasound
Mixed AtRecord Plant, N.Y.C.
Mixed AtThe Sound Suite Detroit
Overdubbed AtMediasound
Overdubbed AtRecord Plant, N.Y.C.
Overdubbed At39th Street Music Studio
Overdubbed AtCriteria Recording Studios
Overdubbed AtSigma Sound Studios, New York
Overdubbed AtGnome Sound
Mastered AtArtisan Sound Recorders
Pressed ByCBS, Haarlem
Release Europe · 1983 · Vinyl, LP, Album
Was (Not Was)

Born To Laugh At Tornadoes

Label
Geffen Records
Cat #
GEF 25592
Country
Europe
Released
1983
Genre
Pop
Style
Synth-pop, Disco
Format
Vinyl, LP, Album
Rights society
BIEM/STEMRA
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