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''Adventures in Clubland'' is the debut album by English band Modern Romance. It was released in 1981 on LP and
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, and in 2008 a CD reissue was released by
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. In Canada, it was released under the name Geoffrey Deane and David Jaymes


Track listing

''All tracks written by
Geoff Deane Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (given name), including a list of people with the name Geoffrey or Geoffroy * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (musician) (born 1987), Canadian ...
and David Jaymes, except where stated.'' #"Bring on the Funkateers" – 4:09 (Geoff Deane, David Jaymes, Paul Gendler) #"Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan/Queen of the Rapping Scene" – 5:47 #Clubland Mix – 11:36 (Geoff Deane, David Jaymes, Paul Gendler) #*"Everybody Salsa" (Geoff Deane, David Jaymes) #*"Moose on the Loose" #*"Salsa Rapp-Sody" #*"Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" (Geoff Deane, David Jaymes) #"We've Got Them Running (The Counting Song)" – 3:41 #"Can You Move" – 8:28 #"I Can't Get Enough" – 4:20 #"Stand Up" – 5:52


Chart position

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- #1 ertified gold


Personnel

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Geoff Deane Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (given name), including a list of people with the name Geoffrey or Geoffroy * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (musician) (born 1987), Canadian ...
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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
* Paul Gendler –
guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
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David Jaymes David Jaymes (born 28 December 1954) is an English musician and songwriter best known as the founder member of the Leyton Buzzards (1976–1980) and the multi-hit salsa band Modern Romance (1980–1985). He now works in music management and co ...
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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
* Robbie Jaymes –
synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...
*Andy Kyriacou –
drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
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John Du Prez John Du Prez (born Trevor Jones; 14 December 1946) is a British musician, conductor and composer. He was a member of the 1980s salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores including '' Oxford Blues'' (1984), ...
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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
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Michael J. Mullins Michael J. Mullins (born Michael John Mullins on 9 November 1953) is an English vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Salsa music, salsa band Modern Romance (band), Modern Romance (1982–85). Modern Romance achieved eight to ...
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backing vocalist A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...
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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
redited on Sleeve


Singles

*''Everybody Salsa'' (1981) UK #12 *''Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey'' (1981) UK #10 *''Queen of the Rapping Scene / Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan'' (1982) UK #37


References

1981 debut albums Modern Romance (band) albums Warner Music Group albums {{newwave-album-stub