Album of the Day

In the wake of REMAIN IN LIGHT, Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz launched a side project that proved lighter in tone but equally alluring. Drawing their name from a dancehall in the Bahamas, the pair convened a small collective of like-minded musicians (including guitarist Adrian Belew) at Nassau's Compass Point Studios to cut their self-titled 1981 debut. Fun is the order of the day on the gold-certified TOM TOM CLUB, a gleeful fusion of new wave and hip-hop. The Sire set includes a cover of “Under the Boardwalk” and a pair of No.1 Dance Chart hits in “Wordy Rappinghood” and “Genius of Love”; the latter's breathy vocals and chirpy electronic keyboard riff would be sampled frequently over the years.