The Sound of Sunbathing

The Sound of Sunbathing is the debut album from The Sinceros, a new wave and power pop band from England. The album, with initial copies pressed on orange vinyl, was released worldwide and achieved moderate commercial success. This is the only album so far released on CD (via Cherry Red Records), the follow-up being Pet Rock. The Sunbathing CD was released on 18 May 2009 with the catalogue number CDM RED 396. One track from this album, "Take Me to Your Leader", has appeared on the compilation albums New Wave Hits of the 70's & 80's and Big Hits, Skinny Ties: New Wave in the U.K.

The Sound of Sunbathing
UK cover
Studio album by
The Sinceros
Released1979
GenreNew wave, power pop
LabelEpic (UK)
Columbia (US)
ProducerJoe Wissert
The Sinceros chronology
The Sound of Sunbathing
(1979)		 2nd Debut
(1980)
Alternative cover
US cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB–[1]
Smash Hits5/10[2]
Trouser PressMixed[3]

Track listing (UK)
  1. "I Still Miss You" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  2. "Quick Quick Slow" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  3. "My Little Letter" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  4. "Hanging On Too Long" (Lyrics and Music by Don Snow)
  5. "Worlds Apart" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  6. "Take Me to Your Leader" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  7. "Little White Lie" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  8. "Break Her Heart" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  9. "So They Know" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  10. "Good Luck (To You)" (Lyrics and Music by Ron François)

Track listing (USA)
  1. "Take Me to Your Leader" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  2. "Worlds Apart" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  3. "Little White Lie" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  4. "So They Know" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  5. "Hanging On Too Long" (Lyrics and Music by Don Snow)
  6. "I Still Miss You" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  7. "Quick Quick Slow" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  8. "My Little Letter" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  9. "Break Her Heart" (Lyrics and Music by Mark Kjeldsen)
  10. "Good Luck (To You)" (Lyrics and Music by Ron François)

Personnel

Production credits

Critical reception

Trouser Press praised the Sinceros for creating "two great tracks — a quirky bit of silliness called 'Take Me to Your Leader' and a Joe Jackson soundalike, 'Little White Lie'..." but expressed little enthusiasm for the album as a whole, saying that other than those two songs, "it's an amiable pop record with little character".[3]

References
  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 23 – September 5, 1979): 25.
  3. Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1991). The New Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). New York: Collier/Macmillan. p. 521. ISBN 0-02-036361-3.
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