''Tensongs'' is the fourth studio album by the German

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band

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, and their first English language album, released in 1986. It was produced by

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and Armand Volker. Three singles were released from the album: "

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", "Something I Should Know" and "Love Is So Sensible". The opening track "Pogo the Clown" is based on the American serial killer

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. "Get Strange" featured on the 1986 film '' Rad''.

Track listing

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Limousine Something I Should Know

Personnel

;Hubert Kah * Hubert Kemmler - vocals, backing vocals on "Love is So Sensible", arrangement * Markus Löhr - guitar, keyboards, arrangement * Klaus Hirschburger - bass, arrangement ;Additional personnel *

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- drums * Lothar Krell - keyboard arrangement on "Limousine" * Eddie Taylor - saxophone on "Something I Should Know" * Ken Taylor - voice on "Lonesome Cowboy" and bass on "Explain the World in a Word" * Thomas Dörr - backing vocals on "Love Is So Sensible" *

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, Patricia Shockley, Victoria Miles - backing vocals on "Limousine" *

- producer, arranger, digital and conventional keyboards * Armand Volker - producer, arranger, guitar solo on "Love is So Sensible" * Mike Schmidt - artwork

References

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