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1986 studio album by Wang Chung
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Mosaic is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band Wang Chung , released on 14 October 1986 by Geffen Records . The album was commercially successful, producing three US Top 40 songs: "Everybody Have Fun Tonight " (peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 ), "Let's Go! " (No. 9 on the Hot 100), and "Hypnotize Me " (No. 36 on the Hot 100). Mosaic earned a Gold certification by the RIAA and peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard 200 album charts.
The album cover features photographs of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Hues and bassist Nick Feldman , with a mosaic effect applied to the pictures. The resulting graphic is a literal representation of the album's title. The sleeve features Hues on the front cover with the track listing of side one, while the reverse is upside down and shows Feldman with the track listing of side two. On some CD editions, both photographs have been laid horizontally on the front cover, and the full track listing appears on the back cover.
All songs produced and arranged by Wang Chung and Peter Wolf ; all songs written by Wang Chung, unless noted otherwise.
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" 4:47 2. "Hypnotize Me" 4:42 3. "The Flat Horizon" 4:49 4. "Betrayal" 4:40 Total length: 18:58
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "Let's Go!" 4:30 2. "Eyes of the Girl" 4:50 3. "A Fool and His Money" Michael Lesson Peter Vale Jack Hues Wolf 4:44 4. "The World in Which We Live" 7:04 Total length: 21:08
Chart (1987)
Position
US Billboard 200
81
Organization
Level
Date
RIAA – USA
Gold
2 October 1997
Wang Chung
Other guest musicians
Michael McDonald - guest vocal in A Fool and His Money
Peter Wolf – drums, keyboards, Synclavier , choral voices
Dann Huff – guitars on "Hypnotize Me "
Herbert Graf, Otmar Klein, Hannes Kottek and Harry Sokal – horns
Kevin Dorsey, Siedah Garrett , Phil Perry , Joe Pizzulo , Michael McDonald , Julia Waters, Oren Waters and Ina Wolf – backing vocals
Production and artwork [ edit ]
Engineered by Brian Malouf and Peter Muller
Assisted by Tim Alban, Jim Dineen, Steve Ford and Marvin Wolf
Recorded at Videosonics, London; Sound Mill Studios, Vienna
Mixed at CAN-AM Recorders, Tarzana, California; Mama Jo's , North Hollywood, California ("Hypnotize Me " only)
Mixed by Paul Gomersall, Martyn "Max" Heyes and Tim Weidener
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood
CDD pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
Photography by Simon Fowler
Art direction and design by Norman Moore
John Kalodner : John Kalodner
Management: David Massey for Domino Directions, Ltd.
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